Mulberry Mania with Alecia Pendasulo
Schedule
Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1608 Genesee St, Utica, NY, United States, New York 13502 | Utica, NY
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"Mulberry mania" was a wild speculative bubble in the 1830s driven by the dream of establishing a multi-million-dollar silk industry in the United States. In Oneida County—Sauquoit, Whitestown, and New Hartford—farmers hoped to grow silk as a moral alternative to cotton produced by enslaved people. Alecia Pendasulo shares the fascinating story of this ambitious, short-lived initiative.
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