{"product_id":"book-j3mw","title":"Predator of the Seas","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1827 the Royal Navy purchased a Baltimore clipper and renamed her the \u003ci\u003eBlack Joke\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003eBlack Joke\u003c\/i\u003e would become the most famous weapon in the campaign for abolition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But in her previous life as the \u003ci\u003eHenriqueta\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBlack Joke\u003c\/i\u003e had been a slave ship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through the experiences of slavers and abolitionists, captives and crew, Stephen Taylor charts the vessel's extraordinary double life. As the \u003ci\u003eHenriqueta\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eBlack Joke\u003c\/i\u003e became the scourge of Spanish and Brazilian slavers. She did so despite limited resources, neglect, and even obstruction by the authorities at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taylor offers a gripping account of the world of the transatlantic trade, through the eyes of its perpetrators—and those who sought its end.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49279832817968,"sku":"BDj3mw","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49279832850736,"sku":"ZEj3mw","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49279832883504,"sku":"ZMj3mw","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/j3mw-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780499557","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-j3mw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}