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Tromelin Island: The Forgotten Story of Slavery, Survival, and Resilience in the Indian Ocean
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Tromelin Island: The Forgotten Story of Slavery, Survival, and Resilience in the Indian Ocean
In 1761, the French ship L’Utile, operated by the French East India Company, was clandestinely transporting 160 Malagasy individuals for the illegal slave trade when it wrecked on a desolate sandbank in the Indian Ocean, later named Tromelin Island. While the white crew and some slaves survived the initial disaster, they were stranded on an inhospitable islet lacking fresh water and essential resources. Initially, cooperation prevailed as surviv…
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