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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1887
Page
6
Fragmentary poem fragment recalls a winter street scene with soldiers and figures fading away. The speaker laments the boundary between vision and reality and recalls a past ceremony or death. Sparse, damaged lines hint at a royal or military pageantry and loss.
A ship on a long voyage from Liverpool to the Cape of Good Hope endures a calm Atlantic stretch. In a tense transfer, captains decide to spare water casks for enslaved crewmen, sparking a violent struggle on deck as enslaved individuals swarm for rations and threaten chaos. The scene escalates with cries, mutinous actions, and a race to secure remaining water amid mounting desperation.
Survivors recount a brutal attack as a slave ship braced for boarders. Blacks, armed with muskets and cutlasses, pressed to seize the brig while sailors improvised weapons from bricks and kettles. Daring escapes and deadly dives into shark-infested waters followed, with captains orchestrating a perilous defense amid chaotic gunfire and brazen boarding attempts.
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