Portrait
of James II - Slave Trading King of England
James
Stuart II
was King of England, Scotland and Ireland until being deposed.
He was the younger surviving child of Charles I of
England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.
Along
with his brother Charles
II, James formed the Royal
African Company to trade gold, but soon had contracts to supply natives
from the Gold Coast to the West Indies and other British Colonies. The level
of human
rights abuses was staggering, but disregarded in the English quest for
wealth, for the rich, and maintaining the upper classes at the expense of
the suffering of those less able to defend themselves.
In
this task James II was a ruthless businessman, only interested in making
money from trading in human misery and profiting from the British colonies
in the Caribbean, West Indies, and America, including Virginia and Carolina.
Draft
scripts for Kulo-Luna
and Cleopatra
The Mummy are published with 'Treasure
Island' under development for 2024 release. The three films could be
shot back to back - as a franchise - to make the most of the Elizabeth
Swann. Screenplays available in Final Draft format for Studio executives,
producers & directors.
THE
COLONIES AND SLAVERY
Slavery formed a cornerstone of the
British Empire in the 18th century. Every colony had enslaved people, from the southern rice plantations in Charles Town, South Carolina, to the northern wharves of Boston.
Slavery was more than a labor system; it also influenced every aspect of colonial thought and culture. The uneven relationship it engendered gave white colonists an exaggerated sense of their own status. English liberty gained greater meaning and coherence for white people when they contrasted their status to that of the unfree class of enslaved black people in British America.
The transport of enslaved people to the American colonies accelerated in the second half of the 17th century. In 1660, English monarch
Charles II created the Royal African Company to trade in enslaved people and African goods. His brother,
James
II, led the company before ascending the throne.
Under both these kings, the Royal African Company enjoyed a monopoly to transport enslaved people to the English colonies. Between 1672 and 1713, the company bought 125,000 captives on the African coast, losing 20 percent of them to death on the Middle
Passage - the journey from the African coast to the Americas.
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ROYALS
The Prince
of Wales, is currently the third King of England, named Charles
III. His
son, the former Duke
of Cambridge (now Prince of Wales), Prince
William, is a King in waiting - as of 2022 as
William V.
Queen
Elizabeth II, was the British Monarch, who passed at the age of 95, in
2022.
Queen
Elizabeth I (Good Queen Bess), was famous for commissioning privateers
to carry out acts of piracy on the high seas, to boost the coffers of her
Treasury. As was Queen
Anne 1665 - 1714.
CAST
OF - "TREASURE
ISLAND: BLACKBEARD'S CURSE & PIRATES GOLD"
CHARACTERS:
PROTAGONISTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Admiral
Sir (Captain) Henry Morgan |
Privateer & Governor of Jamaica |
Ark,
The |
The world's largest,
most comprehensive interactive DNA
database |
BioCore™ |
A
digital communication interface for the human brain |
Blackbeard
|
Edward Teach, privateer turned pirate,
tortured & murdered |
Captain
Nemo |
AI
onboard computer system |
Charley
Temple |
Researcher &
camerwoman,
good friend of John Storm |
CyberCore
Genetica™ |
The
world's smallest, fastest and most powerful nano supercomputer |
Dan
Hawk |
Computer
wizard, gaming
champion,
crew
member Elizabeth Swann |
Dr
Roberta Treadstone |
Blue Shield, Newcastle University, England |
Elizabeth
Swann |
Fastest solar/hydrogen
ship & floating laboratory |
Excalibur,
Pendragon & Merlin |
Anti piracy weapon
& ship security system |
George
Franks |
Legal and intelligence trust
manager, Swindles
& Gentry |
HAL
|
The onboard AI supercomputer ship manager |
Jill
Bird |
Senior
BBC news presenter world
service anchor |
John
Storm |
Ocean adventurer,
amateur anthropologist, & marine archaeologist |
Katy,
Kitty |
The ships cat and lucky mascot |
Professor
Douglas Storm |
John Storm's uncle,
designer
of Elizabeth Swann |
Professor
Jacques Pierre Daccord |
UNESCO sunken realms
division, conservationist |
Sam
Hollis |
BBC & Sky freelance investigative reporter Caribbean
regions |
Scott Tremaine |
Treasure
hunting professional & ships captain |
Shui
Razor |
Japanese
privateer,
ocean conservationist and historian |
Sir Rodney Baskerville |
Professor of
Maritime History & oceanographer |
Steve
Green |
Freelance
reporter,
friend of Charley Temple |
Suki
Hall |
A
marine biologist,
admirer of John's work |
Tom Hudson |
Sky
News Editor,
always looking for an exclusive |
Trisha
Lippard |
Cleopatra's call sign to protect her royal identity |
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CHARACTERS:
ANTAGONISTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Alexander
Spotswood |
Ambitious,
(disgruntled) Governor of Virginia |
Billy
(Bones) One Eye |
Pirate sailor, marksman ex
marines, SBS |
Captain
Flint |
John
Long's pet parrot, pieces of eight |
Commander
James William Maynard |
British
Royal Navy, MOD, Antiquities & Acquisitions, Special Ops |
Hispaniola,
The |
Lord
Huntington's converted
Arctic survey vessel |
Jack Boon
(Black
Jack) |
Pirate computer expert hacker |
King
Charles II |
British
Empire colonial slave trader, commissioner of privateers |
King
James II |
British
Royal
African Company, slave trader, colonial bloody triangle |
Lieutenant
Robert Maynard |
British naval officer, HMS Pearl,
who tortured Blackbeard |
Lord
James Huntington |
Opportunist, British Geographical Society |
Robin
(John) Longstride |
Pirate leader, bare knuckle fighter
with silvery tongue |
William Gray |
Cashiered US Navy Captain,
snitch & mastermind |
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