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Author Rooks, A. E., author.

Title The Black Joke : the true story of one ship's battle against the slave trade / A. E. Rooks.

Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2022.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2169379~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  326.80941 ROO    AVAILABLE
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Description x, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary Chronicles the history of the Black Joke, a ship in the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and its quest to liberate as many enslaved people as possible.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-366) and index.
Subject Great Britain. Royal Navy. African Squadron.
Slave trade -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
ISBN 9781982128265 hc.
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