Mozambique: The Incredible Journey of Two Princes From Mozambique Whose Lives Were Upended By the Slave Trade

A new book called The Two Princes of Mpfumo tells the fascinating story of a pair of royals from Mozambique in southern Africa whose lives were thrown into chaos by the transatlantic slave trade. We asked historian Lindsay O’Neill three questions about her book.

What is the story of the princes?

Prince James and Prince John came from Mpfumo, one kingdom among many that dotted the shores of modern day Maputo Bay, where the capital of Mozambique now stands. Here, in the 1700s, no Europeans held…