>> >> i think its probably more relevant to the drexcyia mythology and the >> drexcyians being sea-bottom dwelling descendants of africans who were thrown >> overboard from slave ships en route to the colonies >> > Jamil Ali wrote: > > Where'd you find out about that? Sounds interesting. Can you give us a > link or something? >
I just did a web-search for "the middle passage slave" on google.com and came up with a heap of sites. Last year I read a book which mentioned it. It's called "Flash for Freedom!" by George MacDonald Fraser, an historical novel about the Atlantic slave trade in the mid-19th c before the Civil War. It's a great read (very addictive) and there are notes at the back with references to proper historical texts for further info. I dug it out and found this: note 30. 'Slaves certainly were thrown overboard on the approach of patrol vessels (see the case of the _Regulo_ which drowned over 200 in the Bight of Biafra, and the reported case of the clipper captain who was said to have murdered over 500 by dropping them with his anchor chain, both quoted in "The Shameful Trade" by George Kay)'. happy reading, Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
