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Reports like this were used by the abolitionists to show that, rather that some Africans preferred to die than be enslaved:

I thought all our troubles of this voyage were over; but on the contrary... on the 14th March... to our great amazement above 100 men slaves jumped overboard... we lost 3 good men slaves, who would not try to save themselves, but resolved to die and sunk directly down...

Captain Japhet Bird Captain Japhet Bird, Boston Weekly News Letter (April 1737)

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6th Mar 2008 by Diane Earl

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History

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Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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