The eighteenth century and throughout much of the nineteenth century was the age of warlords. There was a proliferation of these historical figures along the West African coast in the era of the Atlantic slave trade. Some prospered, even if their lives were often uncertain. Even those most ensnared in the slave trade might find themselves enslaved, as in the case of William Corrantee. This distinguished portrait belies the violent and tumultuous world warlords created. Enslaved, William Corrantee ended up in the Caribbean, only to be redeemed by his warlord father.