Trading her social contacts for Josiah’s protection, Frances enters the world of the Bristol merchants and finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum and slaves. An arranged marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution.
But he needs ready cash and a well-connected wife. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. The devastating consequences of the slave trade in 18th century Bristol are explored through the powerful but impossible attraction of well-born Frances and her Yoruban slave, Mehuru.īristol in 1787 is booming, from its stinking docks to its elegant new houses.
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