Mutiny on the Rising Sun: A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate

Published: March 1, 2022, 7:25 a.m.

On the night of June 1, 1743, terror struck the schooner Rising Sun. After completing a routine smuggling voyage where the crew sold enslaved Africans in exchange for chocolate, sugar, and coffee in the Dutch colony of Suriname, the ship traveled...