{"product_id":"the-two-princes-of-calabar-an-eighteenthcentury-atlantic-odyssey","title":"The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1767  two \"princes\" of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar  on the slave coast of Africa  were ambushed and captured by English slavers. The princes  Little Ephraim Robin John and Ancona Robin Robin John  were themselves slave traders who were betrayed by African competitors--and so began their own extraordinary odyssey of enslavement. Their story  written in their own hand  survives as a rare firsthand account of the Atlantic slave experience. Randy Sparks made the remarkable discovery of the princes correspondence and has managed to reconstruct their adventures from it. They were transported from the coast of Africa to Dominica  where they were sold to a French physician. By employing their considerable language and interpersonal skills  they cleverly negotiated several escapes that took them from the Caribbean to Virginia  and to England  but always ended in their being enslaved again. Finally  in England  they sued for  and remarkably won  their freedom. Eventually  they found their way back to Old Calabar and  evidence suggests  resumed their business of slave trading. The Two Princes of Calabar offers a rare glimpse into the eighteenth-century Atlantic World and slave trade from an African perspective. It brings us into the trading communities along the coast of Africa and follows the regular movement of goods  people  and ideas across and around the Atlantic. It is an extraordinary tale of slaves relentless quest for freedom and their important role in the creation of the modern Atlantic World.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966525468725,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674013123","price":80.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674013124.jpg?v=1770566647","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-two-princes-of-calabar-an-eighteenthcentury-atlantic-odyssey","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}