segunda-feira, 8 de setembro de 2008

A revolta dos escravos

Certo navio negreiro navegava de S. Tomé, onde carregara a sua carga sombria, para Salvador no Brasil, em anos de mil e seiscentos.

Em alto mar, pleno Atlântico, no dia de Natal, os escravos revoltaram-se em motim, dispostos a acabar de vez com o seu estado de miséria imposta.

Suicidaram-se todos. O capitão do navio e a tripulação ainda tentaram convencê-los a não fazerem isso mas não foram capazes.

E acabou-se o sofrimento daqueles homens.

O capitão ao ver-se falido suicidou-se também.

A tripulação lançou-se numa guerra fraticida pela posse do navio. Morreram muitos, sobraram três.

Os três que sobraram não eram suficientes para manobrar o navio e tiveram de contentar-se com a ideia de o ver afundar-se numa noite de temporal, seiscentas milhas a sudoeste da costa da Serra Leoa.

Era noite de Ano Novo.

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