The two princes of Calabar

1 About this book

"In 1767, two "princes" of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were ambushed and captured by English slavers. The princes, Little Ephraim Robin John and Ancona Robin Robin John, were themselves slave traders who were betrayed by African competitors - and so began their own extraordinary odyssey of enslavement. Their story, written in their own hand, survives as a rare firsthand account of the Atlantic slave experience."

Good for readers who want: a true life story and history.

• Biography
• History
• Nigerians
• Nigeria, biography
• Antislavery movements
• Blacks
• Slave trade
• Slavery