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Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate Audiobook, by Jared Ross Hardesty Play Audiobook Sample

Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate Audiobook

Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate Audiobook, by Jared Ross Hardesty Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Joe Barrett Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.00 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: December 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781666178166

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

10

Longest Chapter Length:

59:47 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

06:34 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

36:43 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

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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About Joe Barrett

Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.