A dispatch dated 3 July 1863 reported that five Africans died at sea aboard the Barbara Campbell. The ship had carried recaptives from St Helena toward Grenada; the surgeon said some sick people had been taken directly from hospital to fill the vessel’s passenger complement. This record exposes a contradiction in imperial “liberation”: the people were removed from slave traders but their welfare and consent remained subordinate to the labor-transfer scheme.
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What did the 3 July 1863 dispatch report about the Barbara Campbell?
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The dispatch described five deaths and the boarding of sick people.
A dispatch dated 3 July 1863 reported five deaths aboard the Barbara Campbell.
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The report also described sick people being put aboard to fill the complement.