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22
May
1863

The Barbara Campbell sails from St Helena with recaptured Africans bound for Grenada

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📅 22 May 1863 📍 Grenada

The Barbara Campbell left St Helena for Grenada on 22 May 1863 with African recaptives under an emigration and indenture scheme. A Cambridge study identifies this as the last ship to bring liberated Africans to Grenada, with 115 people landed in 1863. The journey shows that British anti-slave-trade policy could free people from slavers while still compelling their relocation and plantation labor.

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115 liberated Africans

ship’s crew

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Barbara Campbell

St Helena colonial government

Grenada colonial government