Black Ivory

"Black Ivory" by R. M. Ballantyne is a historical tale set in 19th-century East Africa, where young Harold Seadrift and his friend Disco Lillihammer find themselves fighting against the cruel realities of the slave trade. After surviving a shipwreck, they immediately encounter the horrors of slavery and barely escape with their lives aboard a British warship, but fate takes a cruel turn when they're captured by the ruthless slave trader, Yoosoof. The story paints a vivid picture of human suffering and the moral battles faced by those entangled in the web of slavery and trade.