{"product_id":"predator-of-the-seas-a-history-of-the-slaveship-that-fought-for-emancipation","title":"Predator of the Seas: A History of the Slaveship that Fought for Emancipation","description":"The dramatic biography of a slaveship turned freedom-fighter—which brings new insights into Britain’s involvement in the end of the trade in enslaved people\n\nIn 1827 the Royal Navy purchased a Baltimore clipper and renamed her the Black Joke. Assigned to the Preventative Squadron, she patrolled the west coast of Africa and freed 3,692 captives from enslavement. Beloved by seafarers and celebrated by the public, the Black Joke would become the most famous weapon in the campaign for abolition.\n\nBut in her previous life as the Henriqueta, the Black Joke had been a slave ship.\n\nThrough the experiences of slavers and abolitionists, captives and crew, Stephen Taylor charts the vessel’s extraordinary double life. As the Henriqueta she operated as an engine of atrocity, trafficking over 3,000 captives to plantations in Brazil. But subsequently manned by British seamen and Liberian Kru, the Black Joke became the scourge of Spanish and Brazilian slavers. She did so despite limited resources, neglect, and even obstruction by the authorities at home.\n\nTaylor offers a gripping account of the world of the transatlantic trade, through the eyes of its perpetrators—and those who sought its end.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0300263996\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0300263996.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Taylor, Stephen\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338007380029,"sku":"BVV.0300263996.A","price":6.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0300263996-0.jpg?v=1783903426","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/predator-of-the-seas-a-history-of-the-slaveship-that-fought-for-emancipation","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}