A study reveals the likely origins of 27,000 Africans left on the island of St. Helena as part of Britain's attempt to eliminate the transatlantic slave trade.
A first-of-its-kind DNA analysis has revealed the likely origins of thousands of enslaved Africans who died on a remote Atlantic island after being liberated and offloaded there by the British Navy.
A horrifying voyageLocated 1,000 miles off the coast of southwest Africa, St. Helena was a vital outpost for the British in their efforts to eliminate the slave trade. This is because the tiny island sat in the center of the Middle Passage — the second leg of the triangular trade route undertaken by Europeans to transport goods to Africa in exchange for enslaved people; who were then delivered to the West Indies and Brazil via horrific and life-threatening voyages across the Atlantic.
The Africans who survived the abhorrent conditions of the journey were quarantined in St. Helena's Rupert's Valley. Thousands died of dehydration, dysentery, smallpox and malnutrition. Some of those who survived were repatriated to Africa or taken to the West Indies, while others were granted permission to stay on the island.
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