Mutiny on the Black Prince

Mutiny on the Black Prince looks unflinchingly at the greed, exploitation and violence that powered Britain's immense slave trade during the eighteenth century. This important new book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand how the slave trade operated and its importance for shaping global capitalism.

Auteur
James H. Sweet is the Vilas-Jartz Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of the prize-winning author of Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770 and Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World. He is a past president of the American Historical Association.

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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.