Join Dr. Adrian Finucane as she discusses her latest book exploring the relationships between the British and Spanish empires through the slave trade in the early eighteenth-Century Caribbean.

The British and the Spanish had long been in conflict, often clashing over politics, trade, and religion. But in the early decades of the eighteenth century, these empires signed an asiento agreement granting the British South Sea Company a monopoly on the slave trade in the Spanish Atlantic, opening up a world of uneasy collaboration. British agents of the Company moved to cities in the Caribbean and West Indies, where they braved the unforgiving tropical climate and hostile religious environment in order to trade slaves, manufactured goods, and contraband with Spanish colonists. In the process, British merchants developed relationships with the Spanish—both professional and, at times, personal. The Temptations of Trade traces the development of these complicated relationships in the context of the centuries-long imperial rivalry between Spain and Britain. .

$11 per person

Please direct all questions about this event to Susan Oyer at susanoyer@gmail.com.

Adrian Finucane is an Associate Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 2011. Her first book, The Temptations of Trade: Britain, Spain, and the Struggle for Empire, was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2016. It explores the close, sometimes cooperative relationships between agents of the British and Spanish empires through the slave trade in the early eighteenth-Century Caribbean. She is currently working on a book project about prisoners of war in the eighteenth century Americas. She has held fellowships through the John Carter Brown Library, the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, and the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. 

Brought to you by St. George’s Society of Palm Beach

Learn about the first Pioneer woman to live in southeast Florida in the 1800's.  

SGS Palm Beach president, Susan Oyer, will share details about her great, great grandmother, Margaretta Moore Pierce.

$11 per person

Please direct all questions about this event to Susan Oyer at susanoyer@gmail.com.

Susan Oyer is a 5th generation Floridian, and a descendent of the first permanent European settlers in Southeast Florida. She was a History teacher for over 20 years before recently changing careers to work for NYU Langone and become a realtor. Susan is President and founder of the St. George's Society of Palm Beach. She is also President of the Lake Worth Pioneers' Association, on the executive boards of the Greater Boynton Beach Sister Cities group and the Boynton Beach Historical Society, and sits on three of Boynton Beach's city boards. In her spare time she designs jewelry.

Brought to you by St. George’s Society of Palm Beach

Take your creativity to the next level with artist Talin Lyman and our friends at St. George’s Society of Palm Beach.

Learn to draw a passionflower in the comfort of your own home. All you need is colored pencils and paper. No previous art experience required!  Limited space available.

$26 per person

Please direct all questions about this event to Susan Oyer at susanoyer@gmail.com.

Talin Lyman was born into an artistic family that influenced her art, as have her travels.  Her internationally acclaimed works have been featured in publications such as Architectural Digest, Coastal Living, Veranda, and Florida Design.  Her designs were featured on the Martha Stewart Show.  Her work has also been featured in international design centers and luxury hotels.  Her work is in the personal collections of Tiger Woods, former Vice President Dan Quail, Martha Stewart, as well as in hotels and country clubs nationwide.

Brought to you by St. George’s Society of Palm Beach