1855 United States Tycoon

"I, Paul Nestor, the captain of the Golden Dolphin transport ship, are willing to swear to God that my soul will be saved. Everything I say later is true. Even when it comes to the final judgment, there will be nothing I will tell you. Change:

I used to think that the barbaric and dark slave trade had declined in the last century, and with President Lincoln promulgating the "Proclamation for the Emancipation of Negro Slaves", at least in the great United States of America, there is no more, and there should be no evil. The slave trade is out. The slave ships, the sick slaves who are constantly being thrown into the sea, and the sharks that follow the slave ships forever, all of this should only exist in the horror stories used to scare children. However, it is unbelievable that such a terrible thing is in broad daylight, in this'in this free country, hometown of warriors', just after we have paid countless sacrifices, and finally bury slavery completely. It happened after it dropped. The new slave ship, the new slavery is reappearing in United States!

Half a year ago, our ship received a business, and it was full of cargo to go to China on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. After more than two months of sailing, we arrived at a southern port of China called Guangzhou. He unloaded the cargo here, and returned to San Francisco just waiting for the new cargo to be loaded.

One week after arriving in Guangzhou, Mr. Charles, the captain, told me that the cargo was ready and would return tomorrow, and asked me to go to the city to find all the sailors. I was surprised at the time because the boat was still empty. Will it be full of goods tomorrow? But the captain’s order was an order, so I went to those Chinese brothels-which was bad, but the sailors must have a place to relax themselves-to find the sailors one by one.

Early the next morning, I saw the so-called goods. They were Chinese people tied up with ropes. They were ragged, mostly short and thin, and they also had a funny-looking braid on their heads. Our ship is a standard cargo ship, not a passenger ship, and it has not been modified for carrying passengers. It is not suitable for carrying passengers at all.A Chinese translator named Bill Chen is responsible for leading the team to send these Chinese people to the New World. In subsequent conversations, I gradually learned that they are all workers employed by the Central Pacific Railway Company. According to Bill Chen, the goods we shipped were handed over to a Chinese official, and then the Chinese official hired these people and handed them to us to take to United States. Part of the goods we sent was handed over The official's commission.

These Chinese people were directly locked into the cargo hold after they boarded the ship. As I mentioned earlier, our ship is a cargo ship with no cabins at all. All people are stuffed directly into the cargo hold. The small cargo hold is full of people. I estimate that at least more than 400 people were stuffed. Into the small cargo hold. There, the average area that everyone can own is less than one square meter. At night, they didn't even have a place to lie down. Therefore, they can only sleep in turns, some people sleep, some people have to stand or squat. The slave ships mentioned in some of the stories I have seen are like this.

In the other cargo hold, we loaded some food and drinking water. To be honest, according to the standard of four hundred people, these food and drinking water are not enough. But in fact, when we finally arrived in United States, there was still a surplus of food. Because most Chinese people died on the way. God, I am willing to confess to you, I am also responsible for the death of these people.

In the afternoon, we went to sea. Many of those Chinese people have never taken a boat. When the boat swayed after going out to sea, they all got seasick and vomited all over the cabin. However, we did not clean the cabin. You know, the cabin is full of people and there is no room for cleaning. And the smell of more than four hundred people crowding in there is really, just walking up to the top door of the cargo hold is like walking up to a dung pit, smelling it is unbearable. I thought at the time, how can those China guys who are trapped in the cargo hold below bear it? They shouldn't cause any diseases.

However, this time is approaching summer, the ship is scorching hot in the sun at sea, and the temperature in the cargo hold will be frighteningly high at this time. We usually go to work in the cargo hold under such conditions, usually within half an hour, otherwise symptoms of heat stroke will occur. And now, those Chinese people are locked inside, it is very likely to have a large area of ​​heatstroke. Mr. Rodriguez, the ship's doctor, requested that the Chinese people be put on the deck immediately, otherwise a large area of ​​Death will occur. But the Chinese translator named Bill Chen firmly disagreed. Finally, he told us the truth. Those Chinese people are not hired free workers. They are all prisoners. Many of them are prisoners who committed serious crimes. They were sold to the Central Pacific Railway Company by Chinese officials. They are very dangerous. . Put them up, in case there is an accident. What can I do? You know, they have 400 people, but we only have dozens of them.

So everyone hesitated. At this time, the Chinese people in the cargo hold were already shouting. I don't know what they are shouting, but I can easily hear their pain from their shouts. Finally, Dafu Hake came up with a way. We pumped sea water from the sea and constantly watered the deck to cool it down. It lasted until the evening. I think if it weren't for Huck's idea, these Chinese people would die more.

But the disease still appeared among Chinese people. Just four days after going out to sea, the cargo hold shouted again. Bill Chen said that one of them fainted. So we put down the ladder and got the man up. After seeing it, Dr. Rodriguez told us that after eating something bad, an intestinal infection caused severe diarrhea and dehydration. With a little sulfa, supplemented with a little saline, it can be rescued. So we treated him according to this method. He also recovered quickly.

But this is only the beginning, and more and more patients are appearing. The spare sulfonamide will be insufficient soon, and no one can guarantee that in the future voyage, our crew will not need a large amount of sulfa The dose has been getting bigger). In order to ensure the safety of the crew, the captain issued an order to ban the use of sulfa for those Chinese.

Since this ban was issued, the disease situation of Chinese people has begun to get out of control. People continue to contract various diseases. These people are sent up, but they are not treated with any medicines. As a result, they are basically dead. And these dead people were thrown directly into the sea by us. Well, you know, this is the rule of the sea. We can't put the body on the boat to make it smelly. That will only bring more diseases and deaths.

One thing later worsened the situation. Rodriguez rescued a sailor who was exposed to the Chinese people and contracted a disease and consumed a lot of sulfa. Dr. Rodriguez told the captain that the sulfa reserves had bottomed out, and if there were one or two like this, it was estimated that everyone could only hold him a sea burial.

Since that day, our handling of patients has become even simpler. We would never wait until he died of illness and just throw him into the sea. Almost every day, we throw a few people into the sea. Some sharks have been following our boat, and every time someone is thrown down, they surround themselves and bite the poor guys.

The Chinese in the cargo hold below also felt something was wrong, because as long as any patient went up, he would never come down again. They took advantage of the food delivery to launch a rebellion, held a sailor and rushed to the deck. However, their physical condition is so poor that many people will faint after running two steps. We quickly suppressed their riots, and then threw at least thirty people into the sea.

Then, we still throw at least one Chinese into the sea every day. When the ship finally arrived in San Francisco, fewer than 150 Chinese were still alive. The others have been fed the sharks. We thought that the loss of so much cargo would definitely make the cargo owner very angry, but the Central Pacific Railway Company actually praised us for doing a good job, because the Chinese people who died before and after that arrived on the ship were more dead than on our ship. A lot of it was dropped. I heard people say that some sailors on boats who have ran several times even throw those Chinese people into the sea for amusement, and then bet how long he can live in front of sharks...

I am willing to swear to God again that what I have said is all facts and all the facts I know. I hate this barbaric and evil slave trade, so I took the initiative to disclose this secret to various newspapers. It is hoped that the reports of various newspapers can bring society's attention to this issue and prevent this evil trade. Because, without such a deal, there would be no killing..."

"Very good! Bond did a good job! They succeeded in instigating other people's personnel in such a short time. A big news came out! Good work! Now almost influential newspapers are reporting this matter. , I really want to see what Stanford's expression looks like now." Thinking about this, Scrooge put down the newspaper in his hand and nodded very satisfied.

"Scrooge, when you first arrived in Sao Paulo, you won't have to be busy for more than ten hours a day?" Dorothea walked over and asked.

"Yes, but, Dorothea, have you read this report?" Scrooge asked.

"I haven't seen it, what's the matter?" Dorothea asked.

"Then you look at it first." Scrooge handed the newspaper to Dorothea. Dorothea took the newspaper and read it seriously.

"Oh my God! How could they do such a terrible thing? This one is terrible, it's too shameful!" Dorothea clenched her fist tightly, her knuckles turned white due to her force. "Could it be that Is there nothing we can do?"

"How can it be. As long as the evil things are exposed to the sun, they will definitely be defeated. After such things are stabbed out, they will at least converge. So this report may save a lot of people's lives. Good news Reporting is of great help in realizing justice. Well, I think if Sherman had the ability to make similar reports when Sherman was in the South, he might be able to make similar reports." Looking back at the past, "Dorothea, I want to use wireless telegraphy as the core to form a truly conscientious and attitude news team. To contribute to the promotion of social justice. You have to study hard every day. Upward, this one will be handed over to you in the future."

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