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Title details for Mutiny on the Rising Sun by Jared Ross Hardesty - Available

Mutiny on the Rising Sun

A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate

by Jared Ross Hardesty
Joe Barrett
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On the night of June 1, 1743, terror struck the schooner Rising Sun. After completing a routine smuggling voyage where the crew sold enslaved Africans in exchange for chocolate, sugar, and coffee in the Dutch colony of Suriname, the ship traveled eastward along the South American coast. Believing there was an opportunity to steal the lucrative cargo and make a new life for themselves, three sailors snuck below deck, murdered four people, and seized control of the vessel.
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 night in June 1743, it narrates a 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.

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  • Release date

    December 14, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666178173
      • File size: 176262 KB
      • Duration: 06:07:12

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Joe Barrett uses a gritty voice to narrate this tale of the June 1, 1743, mutiny on the colonial merchant ship RISING SUN. The ship was involved in the sometimes illegal trade among the Dutch colony of Suriname (off the northeast coast of South America), Barbados, Boston, and Western Europe. Subtitled "A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate," the audiobook provides listeners with a complex history of eighteenth-century trading and the origins of American capitalism. Barrett's performance is unemotional and often grating as he recites details of the ruthless mutiny during which the captain is murdered. Barrett barely pauses to breathe as he recounts minute details of the ship owners' lives, the tangled web of the slave trade, illicit commerce, and their repercussions. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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