After the United States gained independence, the new nation had to find sources for imports that had previously come from other British colonies. For a brief few years in the early 1780s, Danish-controlled St. Croix became the major coffee importer. St. Croix supplied the merchants of Philadelphia who dominated the trade.
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| Poster Dimensions | 11×17" |
|---|---|
| Print Type | Digital (Union Printed at RLM World Headquarters) |
| SKU | p889 |
| Categories | Coffee, Posters |
| Tags | britain, coffee imports, colonization, ocean, philadelphia, revolutionary war, sailing, saint croix, ship, tall ship, united states |
