Rebel Cargo

by James Riordan

Abena is a rebellious Ashanti girl sold into slavery on the notorious Transatlantic route from West Africa to Jamaica. Mungo is an English orphan who becomes a cabin boy, only to be kidnapped and sold as a white slave. Fate brings the two together and Mungo, risking life and limb, saves Abena from a terrible death. Together they escape and set out towards the Blue Mountains - where rumours tell of a stronghold of runaway slaves ruled by a legendary leader called Nanny. But can Abena and Mungo slip through the hordes of Redcoats and baying bloodhounds sent to drag them back?? Based on historical events, the novel unflinchingly describes the conditions of black and also white slavery in the 18th century, when profits took precedence over human life, and ends on a strong note of hope.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction

300 pages, Hardcover

First published November 28, 2007

About the author

Riōdan, Jeimuzu 1936-2012
Riordan, Dž.
Riordan, Džejms.
Riordan, James
Riordan, James William 1936-2012
Riordan, Jim, 1936-2012

James Riordan (10 October 1936 – 10 February 2012) was an English novelist, broadcaster, sports historian, association football player and Russian scholar.

Well known for his work Sport in Soviet Society, the first academic look at sport in the Soviet Union, and for his children's novels.

Reviews

[Neill Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mungo Mullins was orphaned and placed on the street when his parents drowned when the sailing vessel they were on crashed on the rocks. When he tries to help a hanged slave he finds a piece of paper that documents the atrocious conditions under which the slaves are transported to Jamaica and becomes the target of some slavers. He tries to avoid them by becoming a cabin boy on a vessel but his pursuers sign on the same vessel and capture him upon reaching port in Jamaica. He is sold into slavery and comes to understand the harsh life of an African slave in the West Indies in the 1700s. There is much violence documented in this book, some of it gratuitous - it is not for people who are sensitive to this.

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the title for this book after I had read "Sniper". This story is about a black slave girl and a white slave boy and how their paths cross and affect each other. Young peoples novel set during the slave trade time of history.

[Tina86 · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very powerful novel, one I won't forget anytime soon. Not for the faint hearted.
It did give me an insight on slavery in the 1800's something I knew absolutely nothing about.