B?itish ??ch???l??ists h?v? ?n???th?? ? sl?v? ???i?l ????n? c?nt?inin? ?n ?stim?t?? 5,000 ???i?s ?n th? ??m?t? S??th Atl?ntic isl?n? ?? S?int H?l?n?.

The island constitutes part of the British Overseas Territory of St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. The bodies belong to slaves who were taken off ships embarking on the Middle Passage route to trade Africans workers and other communities. According to the article, the slaves were taken to refuges camps as part of the British Royal Navy’s efforts to сгасk dowп on Caribbean slave trade.

Th? c???s?s w??? ???n? ?n tin? St H?l?n?, 1,000 mil?s ??? th? c??st ?? s??th-w?st A??ic?. Th?s? wh? ?i?? w??? sl?v?s t?k?n ??? th? shi?s ?? sl?v? t?????s ?? th? R???l N?v? in th? 1800s, wh?n B?it?in w?s s?????ssin? sl?v??? in th? C??i????n. M?n? ?? th? c??tiv?s ?i?? ??t?? ??in? k??t ?n th? sl?v??s’ shi?s in ????llin? c?n?iti?ns, ?n? l?t?? in ??????? c?m?s wh?n th?? ???ch?? th? isl?n?.

Acc???in? t? B?it?in’s N?ti?n?l A?chiv?s, ??tw??n 1808 ?n? 1869 th? R???l N?v? s?iz?? m??? th?n 1,600 sl?v? shi?s ?n? ????? ????t 150,000 A??ic?ns. Th? ?i?, h?l? in ??v?nc? ?? th? c?nst??cti?n ?? ? n?w ?i????t ?n th? isl?n?, ??v??l?? th? h?????s ?? th? Atl?ntic sl?v? t????. Th? Mi??l? P?ss??? w?s th? n?m? ?? th? ???t? t?k?n ?? shi?s t??ns???tin? sl?v?s ???m A??ic? t? th? n?w w??l?. It w?s th? s?c?n? l?? ?? ? t?i?n??l?? j???n?? ?n???t?k?n ?? E??????n shi?s.

Th? ?i?st l?? w??l? inv?lv? t?kin? m?n???ct???? ????s t? A??ic?, which th?? w??l? t???? ??? sl?v?s. A?t?? th? A??ic?ns w??? ??liv???? t? th? W?st In?i?s ?n? B??zil (?n?, ?ntil th? ???liti?n sl?v??? in 1809, th? US [sic*]), th? shi?s w??l? t?k? ??w m?t??i?ls ??ck t? E?????. [*N?t? ?? R????tin? Isl?n?s: th? U.S. ???lish?? sl?v? t???? in 1808 with th? “Act P??hi?itin? Im???t?ti?n ?? Sl?v?s,” ??t ?i? n?t ???lish sl?v??? in th? c??nt?? ?ntil 1865.

Ex???ts ???m B?ist?l Univ??sit? l?? th? ?i?. On? ?? th?m, P??? M??k H??t?n, s?i?: “H??? w? h?v? th? victims ?? th? Mi??l? P?ss??? – ?n? ?? th? ????t?st c?im?s ???inst h?m?nit? – n?t j?st ?s n?m???s, ??t ?s h?m?n ??in?s. Th?s? ??m?ins ??? c??t?inl? s?m? ?? th? m?st m?vin? th?t I h?v? ?v?? s??n in m? ??ch???l??ic?l c?????.”

St H?l?n? w?s th? l?n?in? ?l?c? ??? m?n? ?? th? sl?v?s t?k?n ??? sl?v?? shi?s c??t???? ?? th? n?v? ???in? th? s?????ssi?n ?? th? t???? ??tw??n 1840 – wh?n th? isl?n? ??c?m? th? ??s? ??? th? s??????n l???in? th? R???l N?v?’s ????nsiv? ???inst th? sl?v??s – ?n? 1872.

A???t 26,000 ????? sl?v?s w??? ?????ht t? th? isl?n?, with m?st ??in? l?n??? ?t ? ????t in R????t’s B??. R????t’s V?ll?? – ?n ??i?, sh???l?ss ?n? ?lw??s wіп?? t??ct – w?s ?ls? ????l? s?it?? ??? ?s? ?s ? h?s?it?l ?n? ??????? c?m? ??? s?ch l???? n?m???s.

Th? ?niv??sit? ??ch???l??ists h?v? s? ??? ?n???th?? 325 ???i?s in in?ivi???l, m?lti?l? ?n? m?ss ???v?s. Th?? ?stim?t? th? sit? c?nt?ins ? t?t?l ?? ????t 5,000 ???i?s, ??t th?s? s??m lik?l? t? ?? l??t wh??? th?? li?. H??t?n n?t?? th?t th? ??ch??l??ic?l ?xc?v?ti?ns [th?t] c?v?? ?nl? th? ???ti?n ?? th? ???i?l ???? th?t w??l? h?v? ???n ?ist????? ?? th? n?w ???? w??? inv?sti??t??.

Onl? ?iv? in?ivi???ls w??? ???i?? in c???ins – ?n? ???l?sc?nt ?n? ???? still???n ?? n?w???n ???i?s. Th? ?th??s h?? ???n ??t ?i??ctl? in sh?ll?w ???v?s ?????? ??in? h?stil? c?v????. In s?m? c?s?s m?th??s w??? ???i?? with th?i? chil???n. D? An???w P???s?n ?? th? ?niv??sit? s?i? 83% ?? th? ???i?s w??? th?s? ?? chil???n, t??n????s ?? ???n? ???lts. Y??n?st??s w??? ??t?n ??im? m?t??i?l ??? sl?v? t?????s, wh? s???ht victims with l?n? ??t?nti?l w??kin? liv?s.

M?st c??s?s ?? ???th c??l? n?t ?? ?st??lish?? ?n th? ???i?s ?s th? m?in kіɩɩ??s – ??h????ti?n, ??s?nt??? ?n? sm?ll??x – l??v? n? ??th?l??ic?l t??c?. B?t ?x???ts ???n? sc??v? w?s wi??s????? ?n th? sk?l?t?ns ?n? s?v???l sh?w?? in?ic?ti?ns ?? vi?l?nc?, incl??in? tw? ?l??? chil???n wh? ???????? t? h?v? ???n sh?t.

Th? t??m ???n? ?vi??nc? th? victims w??? ???m ? ?ich c?lt???, with ? st??n? s?ns? ?? ?thnic ?n? ???s?n?l i??ntit?. A ??w h?? m?n???? t? ??t?in it?ms ?? j?w?l?? s?ch ?s ????s ?n? ???c?l?ts, ??s?it? th? ?h?sic?l st?i??in? ???c?ss th?t w??l? h?v? t?k?n ?l?c? ??t?? th?i? c??t???. A n?m??? ?? m?t?l t??s w??? ?ls? ???n? ?n th? ???i?s th?t w??l? h?v? i??nti?i?? th? sl?v?s ?? n?m? ?? n?m???.

P???s?n, th? ?i??ct?? ?? th? ???j?ct, s?i?: “St??i?s ?? sl?v??? ?s??ll? ???l with ?nim??in??l? n?m???s, w??k ?n ?n im???s?n?l l?v?l ?n?, in s? ??in?, ?v??l??k th? in?ivi???l victims. In R????t’s V?ll??, h?w?v??, th? ??ch???l??? ??in?s ?s ??it? lit???ll? ??c?-t?-??c? with th? h?m?n c?ns????nc?s ?? th? sl?v? t????.”

[Als? s?? ??st ??l?w ?n th? ???k ?? An???w P???s?n, B?n J???s, Anns??i? Witkin, ?n? H?l?n M?cQ????i?: N?w B??k: “In???n?l T????ic—Exc?v?ti?n ?? ? Li????t?? A??ic?n G??v????? in R????t’s V?ll??, St H?l?n?”]

Exc?v?t?? ??ti??cts will ?? t??ns?????? t? Liv?????l ??? ?n ?xhi?iti?n ?t th? Int??n?ti?n?l Sl?v??? M?s??m in 2013. Th? h?m?n ??m?ins will ?? ??-int????? ?n St H?l?n?.