![]() history, while the latter is a wider story, both in scope and geography. Like “The Last Slave Ship,” “The Black Joke” is full of action and heroism, but in a different way: the former includes the recovery of an important bit of U.S. The Brits knew exactly what to do with it, once they had possession of the ship: they recycled it, making the Black Joke into an important part of their anti-slavery fleet and a speedy way to capture slaving vessels and free the people aboard them. Until its capture by the Royal Navy in 1827, the Black Joke was a notoriously fast slave ship that shuttled humans from Africa to parts elsewhere. In the time between Napoleon’s fall in France and the very height of Queen Victoria’s reign in England, the Black Joke sailed the Atlantic on behalf of England to end the slave trade - not just in Great Britain, but on both sides of the ocean. Readers will devour it.Ī nice companion to the Raines book is “The Black Joke” by A.E. ![]() ![]() “The Last Slave Ship” is an action-packed, whip-smart true account that’s filled with science, history, and compassion. Our House First Time Home Buyer’s Series.BOOK REVIEW: 'The Last Slave Ship' by Ben Raines and 'The Black Joke' by A.E.
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