The Cargo Rebellion: Those Who Chose Freedom

by Alexi Dudden, Ben Barson, Jason Chang, et al.

Book Overview

The Cargo Rebellion tells a true story of mutiny on the high seas in which four hundred indentured Chinese men overthrew their captor, the Connecticut businessman and slave trader Leslie Bryson, taking a stand against an exploitative global enterprise.

The laborers learned that Bryson's claimed destination of San Francisco was a lie to trick them into deadly servitude in the dreaded guano islands of Peru. Reaching a dramatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629639648
• ISBN13: 9781629639642
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: PM Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 10.2"