Mutiny on the Rising Sun : a tragic tale of slavery, smuggling, and chocolate / Jared Ross Hardesty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hardesty, Jared, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rising Sun (Schooner : active 1743).

Smuggling--United States--History--18th century.

Smuggling.

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Mutiny on the Rising Sun recounts the origins, events, and eventual fate of the Rising Sun's final smuggling voyage in vivid detail. Starting from that horrible night in June 1743, it narrates a deeply human history of smuggling, providing an incredible story of those caught in the webs spun by illicit commerce. The case generated a rich documentary record that illuminates an international chocolate smuggling ring, the lives of the crew and mutineers, and the harrowing experience of the enslaved people trafficked by the Rising Sun. Smuggling stood at the center of the lives of everyone involved with the business of the schooner. Larger forces, such as imperial trade restrictions, created the conditions for smuggling, but individual actors, often driven by raw ambition and with little regard for the consequences of their actions, designed, refined, and perpetuated this illicit commerce. At once startling and captivating, Mutiny on the Rising Sun shows how illegal trade created demand for exotic products like chocolate, and how slavery and smuggling were integral to the development of American capitalism." -- Provided by publisher.

"Mutiny on the Rising Sun is a deeply human history of smuggling that demonstrates how interconnected the future United States was with the wider world, how illegal trade created markets for exotic products like chocolate, and how slavery and smuggling were key factors in the development of American capitalism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The captain

The cartel

The cargo

The crew

Endings

Aftermaths

Epilogue: reckoning

Acknowledgments

Appendix I: on circumstantial evidence

Appendix II: accounts of the mutiny.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-1314-1

OCLC:

1265461412