Slave transport, contract work and island residence

The atlas adds a case on slave transport, contract work and residence in the Mascarenes and Seychelles. It spans 1638 to about 1920. The sources describe selected groups and periods. They do not show that every arrival was forced.

Two links show selected voyages in 1770 and 1807. The points are approximate place references. The arcs are not ship tracks. The departure port for the 1718 arrival in Bourbon is not mapped. Other routes and later fates remain unknown.

Slave transport and contract work remain separate. Some former workers bought small plots. The sources do not give one total for people forced to move, or deaths across this whole case. All eight fixed trait values and the family remain unchanged. Each trait has a source note.

The atlas has 540 cases and 552 stops. The active statistical roster still has 676 events. Eleven separate scientific entries remain inactive. The site keeps all 22 earlier update posts.

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• Richard B. Allen, “The Mascarenes, Indian Ocean Africa, and Global Labor Migration during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries,” in African Islands (2019), pp. 294–316, DOI 10.1017/9781787444874.011. Only the official Summary, paragraphs 1–2, was read; the full chapter was not acquired.
• Yadhav Deerpaul, Alexander Springer and Philip Gooding, “The first recorded outbreak of epidemic dropsy, 1877–80: Climate, empire, and colonial medical science between India, Bengal, and Mauritius,” Medical History 68(4) (2024), pp. 436–456, DOI 10.1017/mdh.2024.24. Contracts and estate placement: pp. 443–444; former-worker landholding: pp. 444–445; returnee recruitment: pp. 447–448; work and medical control: pp. 451–452. Epidemic estimates are not this case’s death count.
• Rafaël Thiebaut, “Traite des esclaves malgaches à Bourbon,” Musée de Villèle, Portail de l’esclavage à La Réunion. See “L’histoire de la traite,” the 1718 expedition and Courrier de Bourbon paragraphs, note 6; “État des bâtiments entrés,” Action/Tamatave/4 May 1807 row; “Les particularités de la traite”; “La situation à Bourbon”; and “Les chiffres.” The essay uses mediated archives and historical scholarship.
• Tony Mathiot, “250 Years Anniversary,” Seychelles National Museum (2020). See the opening voyage and passenger-list paragraphs, followed by the paragraphs on the 1771 move to Mahé and Romainville’s 1778 arrival. The list identifies seven African slaves; the status of five Indians and Marie is not stated. A secondary museum account, not an inspected passenger register.