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Informationen zum Autor Randy J. Sparks is Professor of History at Tulane University. Klappentext In 1767, two "princes" of a ruling family in Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were captured by English slavers. The princes were themselves slavers, betrayed by African competitors-and so began their own odyssey of enslavement. Their story, written in their own hand, survives as a rare firsthand account of the Atlantic slave experience. Zusammenfassung In 1767, two “princes” of a ruling family in Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were captured by English slavers. The princes were themselves slavers, betrayed by African competitors—and so began their own odyssey of enslavement. Their story, written in their own hand, survives as a rare firsthand account of the Atlantic slave experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue 1. "A Very Bloody Transaction": Old Calabar and the Massacre of 1767 2. "Nothing But Sivellety and Fare Trade": Old Calabar and the Impact of the Slave Trade on an African Society 3. "This Deplorable Condition": The Robin Johns' Enslavement in British America 4. "We Were Free People": Bristol! the English Courts! and the Question of Slavery 5. "A Very Blessed Time": The Robin Johns and English Methodism 6. "We Go Home to Old Calabar": The Robin Johns' Legacy in Old Calabar and England Notes Acknowledgments Index
