The Running Tide 12 slave ships
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S1N12 "Cry of the Blackbird"
James is paid to transport Papuans by a corrupt parson who has tricked
James & the Papuans into thinking they are converts going to a mission
school in Victoria. But they figure out their destiny is slavery in the
cane fields, and they send the parson to hell quick-time.
The Running Tide describes much more brutal treatment for slaves being
transported. This New Orleans production says nothing about the cruelty
of slavery, it focuses on the shipboard conditions and blames the
captains from New England ports who profited from the trade.