he manages to find his way on the ship, and shows he is still all about looking after himself.Ī run in with the US Navy after they unload most of the slaves at Honduras lands Flashman and the crew in the USA, but he has a scheme, and ends up on the side of the law, but not for long. Not that Flashman is subject to the morals of normal men. Onto a merchant ship and away, but, of course, it isn't just a merchant ship, she is a blackbirder, running slaves from Dahomey (Benin) to Honduras for the 'American Market', and while Flash doesn't have an objection to slavery per se, even he balks from time to time at the treatment of the men and women. The brief version - Flashman is pushed into politics by his father-in-law, but at the first hurdle he is found wanting - caught cheating at cards (not guilty this time, but an old acquaintance from the past got his revenge at last), and bundled out of the country. Royal Flash wraps up in 1848 Flash for Freedom takes place in 1848 & 1849. So with Episode #3 of the Flashman Papers, Fraser take us out of chronological order for the first time, although it follow on from the end of #2 Royal Flash.
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