"Recaptives" were

a. slaves repatriated to Madagascar.
b. U.S. slaves who wanted to return to Africa.
c. slaves who were taken off illicit trade ships by the British navy and restored to free status in Sierra Leone.
d. escaped slaves who were resold into slavery by the East Africans when the Atlantic slave trade stopped.
e. Africans who had gone to Europe for education but returned to Africa to recapture their traditional heritage.


ANSWER:
c

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