A letter dated 5 May 1848 concerning emigration from St Helena described policy that cut rations to encourage liberated Africans to leave for the Caribbean. The people concerned had been freed from illegal slave ships, but government officials controlled their movement and opportunities. A later scholarly account summarizes their predicament as “emigration or destitution”; this was a coerced choice, not free migration.
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What pressure on liberated Africans in St Helena is described in the 5 May 1848 correspondence?
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The policy narrowed choice by making emigration preferable to destitution.
The 5 May 1848 correspondence describes ration cuts used to encourage emigration from St Helena.
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The policy constrained the choices available to liberated Africans.