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• catalog abstract ""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 reconstructed their adventures from it. They were transported from the coast of Africa to Dominica, where they were sold to a French physician. By employing their considerable language and interpersonal skills, they cleverly negotiated several escapes that took them from the Caribbean to Virginia, and then to England, but always ended up being enslaved again. Finally, in England, they sued for and, remarkably, won their freedom. Eventually, they found their way back to Old Calabar and, evidence suggests, resumed their business of slave trading." "The Two Princes of Calabar offers a rare glimpse into the eighteenth-century Atlantic World and slave trade from an African perspective. It brings us into the trading communities along the coast of Africa and follows the regular movement of goods, people, and ideas across and around the Atlantic. It is an extraordinary tale of slaves' relentless quest for freedom and their important role in the creation of the modern Atlantic World."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "2 princes of Calabar".
• catalog contributor b13141105.
• catalog coverage "Calabar (Nigeria) Biography.".
• catalog coverage "Calabar (Nigeria) History.".
• catalog coverage "Nigeria History To 1851.".
• catalog created "2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
• catalog description ""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 reconstructed their adventures from it. They were transported from the coast of Africa to Dominica, where they were sold to a French physician. By employing their considerable language and interpersonal skills, they cleverly negotiated several escapes that took them from the Caribbean to Virginia, and then to England, but always ended up being enslaved again. Finally, in England, they sued for and, remarkably, won their freedom. Eventually, they found their way back to Old Calabar and, evidence suggests, resumed their business of slave trading." "The Two Princes of Calabar offers a rare glimpse into the eighteenth-century Atlantic World and slave trade from an African perspective. It brings us into the trading communities along the coast of Africa and follows the regular movement of goods, people, and ideas across and around the Atlantic. It is an extraordinary tale of slaves' relentless quest for freedom and their important role in the creation of the modern Atlantic World."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-180) and index.".
• catalog extent "189 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Two princes of Calabar.".
• catalog identifier "0674013123 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Two princes of Calabar.".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
• catalog relation "Two princes of Calabar.".
• catalog spatial "Calabar (Nigeria) Biography.".
• catalog spatial "Calabar (Nigeria) History.".
• catalog spatial "England".
• catalog spatial "Great Britain".
• catalog spatial "Nigeria History To 1851.".
• catalog spatial "Nigeria".
• catalog subject "909/.049607/092266944 B 22".
• catalog subject "Antislavery movements Great Britain History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "Blacks England History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "DA125.N4 S66 2004".
• catalog subject "Freedmen Biography.".
• catalog subject "Nigerians England History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "Robin John, Ancona Robin, active 1767.".
• catalog subject "Robin John, Little Ephraim, active 1767.".
• catalog subject "Slave trade Great Britain History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "Slave trade Nigeria History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "Slavery Great Britain History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "Slavery Nigeria History 18th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "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.".
• catalog title "2 princes of Calabar".
• catalog title "The two princes of Calabar : an eighteenth-century Atlantic odyssey / Randy J. Sparks.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".