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The two princes of Calabar : an eighteenth-century Atlantic odyssey /
"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 competitor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.