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The two princes of Calabar : an eighteenth-century Atlantic odyssey
- Title
- The two princes of Calabar : an eighteenth-century Atlantic odyssey / Randy J. Sparks.
- Author
- Sparks, Randy J.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Details
- Description
- 189 p. : maps; 21 cm.
- Alternative Title
- 2 princes of Calabar
- Subject
- Robin John, Little Ephraim, active 1767
- Robin John, Ancona Robin, active 1767
- Black people > England > History > 18th century
- Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Slave trade > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Slavery > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Slave trade > Nigeria > History > 18th century
- Nigerians > England > History > 18th century
- Slavery > Nigeria > History > 18th century
- Freed persons > Biography
- Calabar (Nigeria) > Biography
- Nigeria > History > To 1851
- Calabar (Nigeria) > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-180) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc D 04-495
- ISBN
- 0674013123 (hbk.)
- 9780674013124 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2003056832
- OCLC
- 53038067
- Author
- Sparks, Randy J.
- Title
- The two princes of Calabar : an eighteenth-century Atlantic odyssey / Randy J. Sparks.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-180) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 04-495