HMS Swallow at the Battle of Cape Lopez against pirate Black Bart (Bartholomew Roberts), by Charles Edward Dixon
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Bookin’ with Angela C. Sutton
Bookin’ is a literary podcast hosted by Jason Jefferies, featuring author interviews and book discussion.
On January 1, 2024, host Jason Jefferies was joined by Angela C. Sutton, author of Pirates of the Slave Trade: The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, which was published by Prometheus books. Topics of conversation include making a career out of writing about pirates, research, Black Bart, captured slaves who became pirates, the African King who drank out of a chalice made from dutchmen’s skulls, playing European powers against one another, muskets, and much more.