Record #:

28615

Author(s):

Stumpf, Vernon O.

Abstract:

In protest to the British Crown and Parliament’s taxing tea, the colonial dames of Wilmington burnt their tea. The Wilmington Tea Party was a demonstration procession that occurred in early April, 1775, months after women in Edenton held their protest.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 16 Issue 2, Feb 1973, p1-5, f

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Taxation