The Two Princes of Mpfumo – An Early Eighteenth–Century Journey into and out of…

The Two Princes of MpfumoAn Early Eighteenth-Century Journey Into and Out of Slavery\nAuthor(s): Lindsay O'Neill\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pennsylvania Press\nISBN-13: 9781512827200, 978-1512827200\nSynopsis\nA fascinating account of two eighteenth-century princes from East Africa, their travels, and their encounters with the British Empire and slavery\n In 1716 two princes from Mpfumowhat is today Maputo, the capital of Mozambiqueboarded a ship licensed by the East India Company bound for England. Instead, their perfidious captain sold them into slavery in Jamaica. After two years of pleading their case, the princesknown in the historical record as Prince James and Prince Johnconvinced a lawyer to purchase them, free them, and travel with them to London. The lawyer perished when a hurricane wrecked their ship, but the princes survived and arrived in England in 1720. Even though the East India Company had ini.