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The Two Princes of Calabar: An Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey (4th Edition) by Randy J. Sparks Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-674-01312-3 / 0674013123 ISBN-13: 978-0-674-01312-4 / 9780674013124 In 1767, two "princes" of a ruling family in the port of Old Calabar, on the slave coast of Africa, were ambushed and captured by English slavers. The princes, Little Ephraim Robin John and Ancona Robin Robin John, were themselves slave traders who were betrayed by African competitors--and so began |