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St. Helena
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1502 |
Jaoa de Nova, Portuguese explorer, discovered St. Helena Island. It became a way station for ships for centuries and was a key port for Britain's East India Company. Links: Portugal, Explorer, St. Helena 
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1840 Dec 2 |
The island of St. Helena recorded that a ship intercepted on this day carried 245 slaves. Links: St. Helena
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1840 1865 |
During this period around 25,000 slaves were freed and released on the island of St. Helena. Many died from dysentery and smallpox. Links: Slavery, St. Helena
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1841 Jan 17 |
The island of St. Helena recorded that a ship seized on this day was from Angola heading to Brazil with 308 slaves "in good health" and 108 "sick" slaves. Links: Anguilla, Slavery, St. Helena
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2008 |
On the island of St. Helena the skeletons of 325 former slaves were discovered during the construction of the island's first airport. Links: Slavery, St. Helena
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2017 Oct 14 |
The first commercial flight arrived in St. Helena, a South Atlantic island that until recently was only accessible by boat and where Napoleon Bonaparte spent his last years in exile. The SA Airlink plane conducted 13 flight trials at the St. Helena airport in August. Some charter and medical evacuation flights have used the airport in the past year. The population of more than 4,000 people is now heavily dependent on British government support. Links: St. Helena
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