Mutiny on the Black Prince: Slavery, Piracy, and the Limits of Liberty in the Revolutionary Atlantic World

by James H. Sweet

The dramatic story of a mutiny aboard an eighteenth-century British ship and how its owners effectively rallied the power of the British Crown to protect their investment and expand their wealth and political power across multiple generations. In 1768, the British slave ship Black Prince, departed the port of Bristol, bound for West Africa. It never arrived. Before reaching Old Calabar, the crew mutinied, murdering the captain and his officers. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197692729
• ISBN13: 9780197692721
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"