The Two Princes of Mpfumo: An Early Eighteenth-Century Journey Into and Out of Slavery - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lindsay O'NeillSeries:Early Modern AmericasPublish date:02/13/25Pages:200
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9781512827200ISBN-10:1512827207UPC:9781512827200Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Africa, SlaveryBook Topic:Great Britain, EastSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCA32NNM2S
A fascinating account of two eighteenth-century princes from East Africa, their travels, and their encounters with the British Empire and slavery
In 1716 two princes from Mpfumo--what is today Maputo, the capital of Mozambique--boarded a ship licensed by the East India Company bound for England. Instead, their perfidious captain sold them into slavery in Jamaica. After two years of pleading their...Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9781512827200ISBN-10:1512827207UPC:9781512827200Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Africa, SlaveryBook Topic:Great Britain, EastSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCA32NNM2S
Lindsay O'Neill is Associate Professor (Teaching) of History at the University of Southern California and author of The Opened Letter: Networking in the Early Modern British World, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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