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In 1768, The Slave Ship Black Prince Departed Bristol, England, Bound For West Africa. Before Reaching Old Calabar, The Ship's Crew Seized Control Of The Ship, Murdering The Captain And His Officers. The Rebels Renamed The Ship Liberty, Elected New Officers, And Set Sail For Brazil. Mutiny On The Black Prince Traces The Dramatic Story Of This Sailor Uprising And Its Aftermath, Following European, African, And Native American Workers Through The Worlds Of The Atlantic Slave Trade. At The Same Time, The Book Offers The First In-depth Study Of The Commercial Strategies Of England's Most Prolific Eighteenth-century Slaving Merchants. The Owners Of The Black Prince Conducted A Relentless, Eight-year Manhunt For The Ship's Fugitive Sailors, Who Scattered Across The Atlantic World. Though Laboring People Challenged Their Exploitation During The Era Of Revolutions, Slaving Interests Systematically Captured Crucial Parts Of The State Apparatus, Protecting Their Economic Capital And Expanding Their Political Power. The Black Prince's Owners Seized Control Of State Surveillance, Policing, Extradition, Capital Punishment, And International Diplomacy In Order To Protect Their Wealth. The Immediate Political Gains Of The Revolutionary Era Obscure This Corporate Counter-revolution And Its Long-term Negative Impacts On The Economic Freedom Of The Majority Of Working People. Mutiny On The Black Prince Demonstrates How Slave Merchants And Their Families Capitalized Their Wealth And Power Across Multiple Generations, Investing In Early British Banks, Railroads, Insurance Companies, And Industrial Manufacturing. Ultimately, Slaving Interests Profoundly Shaped The Industrializing Atlantic Economy And The Evolution Of The Modern Corporate State-- Provided By Publisher.
