{"product_id":"mutiny-on-the-rising-sun-a-tragic-tale-of-slavery-smuggling-and-chocolate-9781479812486","title":"Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA little-known story of mutiny and murder illustrating the centrality of smuggling and slavery in early American society\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the night of June 1, 1743, terror struck the schooner \u003ci\u003eRising Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMutiny on the Rising Sun\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the origins, events, and eventual fate of the \u003ci\u003eRising Sun\u003c\/i\u003e'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 \u003ci\u003eRising Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once startling and captivating, \u003ci\u003eMutiny on the Rising Sun \u003c\/i\u003eshows how illegal trade created demand for exotic products like chocolate, and how slavery and smuggling were integral to the development of American capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJared Ross Hardesty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eat Western Washington University and author of \u003ci\u003eUnfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50448361324818,"sku":"9781479812486","price":75.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_54a70341-c987-4b1c-9c72-8c694d86909e.jpg?v=1729733811","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mutiny-on-the-rising-sun-a-tragic-tale-of-slavery-smuggling-and-chocolate-9781479812486","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}