Two Princes of Calabar An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey

Name: Two Princes of Calabar An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey
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ISBN: 9780674032057

ISBN-10: 0674032055

ISBN-13: 9780674032057

Edition: 2004

Authors: Randy J. Sparks

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In 1767, two "princes" of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were ambushed and captured by English slavers. The princes, Little Ephraim Robin John and Ancona Robin Robin John, were themselves slave traders who were betrayed by African competitors--and so began their own extraordinary odyssey of enslavement. Their story, written in their own hand, survives as a rare firsthand account of the Atlantic slave experience. Randy Sparks made the remarkable discovery of the princes' correspondence and has managed to reconstruct their adventures from it. They were transported from the coast of Africa to Dominica, where they were sold to a French physician. By…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2/28/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Randy J. Sparks is Professor of History at Tulane University.



Prologue



""A Very Bloody Transaction"": Old Calabar and the Massacre of 1767



""Nothing But Sivellety and Fare Trade"": Old Calabar and the Impact of the Slave Trade on an African Society



""This Deplorable Condition"": The Robin Johns' Enslavement in British America



""We Were Free People"": Bristol, the English Courts, and the Question of Slavery



""A Very Blessed Time"": The Robin Johns and English Methodism



""We Go Home to Old Calabar"": The Robin Johns' Legacy in Old Calabar and England