![]() ![]() He finds Frances Scott, niece to a prominent lord, but herself a penniless orphan. He and his sister Sarah have done all they can with their three modest vessels-they kidnap Africans, trade them for sugar and rum in the West Indies, then sell the goods in England-but since much of the better trade is denied them because of their class, Josiah decides to marry up. Mehuru is captured by the English and thrown onto a slave ship owned by Josiah Cole, a small Bristol merchant with dreams of advancement. In 1787 Africa, Mehuru, an envoy for his Yoruban king, is traveling the empire to deliver the king’s edict: Yorubans will desist in all slave-trading with white slavers. 2006, etc.) is a sobering account of the English slave trade, with a bit of romance thrown in. ![]() The latest page-turner from Gregory ( The Boleyn Inheritance, Dec. ![]()
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