They insisted all of their fellow crew members aboard the ship had been killed by the Black captive

Añadido: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]The black captives had finally escaped from the white slave traders, but what awaited them was not their homeland.

[00:00:05]Instead, it was an American naval fleet.

[00:00:08]As it turned out, the two white crew members aboard the slave ship had secretly sailed the vessel back toward their home country. After Senko and the others were all captured, the two white men immediately called for help from the Navy, claiming that they had been hijacked and attacked by pirates. They insisted that all of their fellow crew members aboard the ship had been killed by the black captives. Just like that, these enslaved people were suddenly branded as murderers. But at that moment, a messenger sent by the president suddenly arrived to speak with them. It turned out that the Queen of Spain had declared that these black captives were Spanish property and now demanded that the United States return them immediately. However, the naval commander who had rescued the captives was furious because according to the maritime salvage laws at the time, both the captives and the cargo should legally belong to his crew to deal