Black History Month: The Reality of Illegal Detention

A black-and-white historical illustration depicts a chaotic scene of enslaved people overpowering ship crew members on a vessel. Overlaid text in bold white font with black outline details the 1841 Creole slave revolt: 128 slaves overpowered the crew, sailed to the Bahamas, and the U.S. demanded their return, but a British court ruled they were free men and their escape was legitimate. The image is sourced from 'Stabbed One of the Negroes' (p 43).

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