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The Slave Ship Creole: 1841 Coastwise Revolt and Freedom
In November 1841, the American slave ship Creole departed Richmond, Virginia, bound for New Orleans with 135 enslaved people aboard. Off the coast of North Carolina, 19 captives led by Madison Washington — who had escaped to Canada only to be recaptured — seized control of the brig, killing one crewman and forcing the captain to sail to Nassau in the Bahamas. British authorities in Nassau, operating under the 1833 Emancipation Act, refused American demands for the return of the 128 people who gained freedom. The incident ignited a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Britain…
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