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Slideshow: St Helena’s slave graveyard
A note from Simon: the launch of the new book about the excavation of the slave graveyard in Rupert’s Valley was fabulous and fascinating. Professor Mark Horton – sometime presenter on the BBC’s Coast...
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AUDIO SLIDESHOW: ‘My intense grief for St Helena slaves’
Television archaeologist Mark Horton has described his emotion on coming “face to face” with the remains of slaves whose bodies were excavated from a mass grave on St Helena. They were among thousands...
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Slavery expert is to rescue island’s ancient archives
Unique St Helena records dating back more than 300 years are to be rescued from possible “catastrophic loss”. Many of the ancient documents in the archives at The Castle in Jamestown are already in...
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PODCASTS: Hear the story of St Helena’s anti-slavery fight
When a Lieutenant Wilcox declared that his men were too exhausted to haul the dead out to sea any more, it brought home the horror of St Helena’s role in ending the “depravity” of the slave trade. The...
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E-coli bug found in island water supply
(11 September update: the water is now free of contamination) by St Helena Government writer Recent water samples from the Rupert’s Valley area have indicated low levels of e-coli contamination. Water...
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Safe to drink again: Rupert’s water is clear of e-coli bug
People in Rupert’s Valley on St Helena no longer need to boil water for drinking and cooking, says the island’s health directorate. A warning was issued on 6 September saying low levels of the the...
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Listen online: what slave graves mean for St Helena
If you missed Saint FM’s broacasts on the excavation of 300 human skeletons on St Helena, don’t worry: the programmes are still available as two podcasts on St Helena Online. The discoveries in...
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‘Dumped’ human remains found in slave valley
Human remains have been found on the site of the bulk fuel farm in Rupert’s Valley, reports Saint FM. The station says it is likely they had previously been unearthed at another site and “dumped”...
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More human bones could be found in island’s slave valley
Further human remains could yet be disturbed as work continues on St Helena’s airport project, a source has cautioned. It’s been confirmed that “a number of human bones” were found on Friday 14...
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Work halts as remains are found in slave valley
A human grave was disturbed during roadworks in Rupert’s Valley, St Helena Government has reported. Remains are likely to be those of liberated Africans, brought ashore when the island was used as a...
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