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Rescued East African slaves taken from a dhow aboard HMS Daphne, a British naval ship used to prevent the transportation of enslaved people. November 1868 Merchant Ship, By Any Means Necessary, We Are The World, Nagasaki, Interesting History, African History, Us History, History Lessons, African American History

Description: Rescued East African slaves taken from a dhow aboard HMS Daphne, a British naval ship used to prevent the transportation of enslaved people. The National Archives' online lesson on slavery can help students explore this topic further: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/slavery/ Date: 1868 Our Catalogue Reference: FO 84/1310 This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. For high quality…

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Depiction of uprisingIn 1841, 135 enslaved people aboard the ship, The Creole, were being transported from Virginia to the South's most prominent slave market: New Orleans. Madison Washington and 17 other enslaved people attacked the ship's crew and captain, took hold of the weapons on board, and retrieved all documents regarding their enslavement. They redirected the ship to the nearest British port, The Bahamas. There, they were "declared free on the ground that a man by natural law has…

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