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Some Problems of the Rhode Island Traders in Java, 1799–1836

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Sharom Ahmat
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Before the American Revolution, the economic life of Rhode Island was largely dependent on the Caribbean and African trade. But the acquisition of political independence meant also the closing of these highly profitable channels of trade. Just as the need to find means by which to purchase British manufactures had led Rhode Island to join in the famous triangular trade (between New England, the West Indies and Africa); so now the closing of this trade necessitated the search for an alternative commercial avenue. This alternative was found in the establishment of trade with the Mediterranean, the Baltic and most important of all, with the Far East and the East Indies.

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Journal of Southeast Asian History , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 1965 , pp. 94 - 107
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1965

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