Predator of the Seas: A History of the Slaveship That Fought for Emancipation -- Stephen Taylor, Hardcover Myrtle Anderson Willie Garson

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Predator of the Seas: A History of the Slaveship That Fought for Emancipation -- Stephen Taylor, Hardcover Myrtle Anderson Willie GarsonThe 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 In 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