A.E. Rooks

A.E. Rooks

A.E. Rooks hopes to always be a student of history, though that hasn’t stopped her from studying everything else. A two-time Jeopardy! champion with completed degrees in theatre, law, and library and information science—and forthcoming degrees in education and human sexuality—her intellectual passions are united by what the past can teach us about the present, how history shapes our future, and above all, really interesting stories.

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The Black Joke
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The Black Joke
  • By: A.E. Rooks
  • Narrator: Leon Nixon
  • Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
  • Publish date: January 01, 2022
  • Language: English
  • (120 ratings)
(120 ratings)
A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy’s anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatlantic slave trade.The most feared ship in Britain’s West Africa Squadron, His... Read more

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