And even if it was legal we would not recognize it, same way we did not recognize nazi Germany's actions as legal.
That said, as others have pointed out, importing slaves to the US was illegal even in their time. Not sure what punishment they'd have faced (probably much less than you'd get for human trafficking nowadays), but still something.
And even if it was legal we would not recognize it, same way we did not recognize nazi Germany's actions as legal.
It would take weeks. The authorities will try to match the captives with scumbags missing from America and the UK. "19th century diseases" could still exist in the worse parts of Africa.
How about Cote d'Ivore or Ginuea citizens? They can patch up massive chunks of lost African history, which the modern world could in fact use.Well, the crew didn't technically do anything illegal (at the time). Although their cargo would now be considered contraband and . . . y'know . . . human beings needing immediate medical care. Seeing as they're now hopelessly adrift in time the least of the crews worries is their cargo being confiscated.
As for the cargo, I'm tentatively going to guess that technically being slaves in the united states they would have (theoretical) grounds to be freed and made US citizens?
There's also the ship itself. Once experts get a chance to examine it, they'll find that its made of genuine 19th century components, but carbon dating will show that its impossibly young for that.
The authorities have as long as they need to sort things out in this case.
As I understand there are ways to date the specific strains of viruses.
The crew is going to have a rock solid and internally consistent story that any decent interrogator is going to admit displays only honest gaps.
They aren't going to fall into any obvious traps because they won't have the knowledge to fall for them even when not doing so would turn out to be harmful.
drugs will likely be blamed at first.What about language barrier? English of 1841 bears very little similarity to English of today, both sides will be hard pressed to comprehend a single word the other speaks.
Point, but most drugs only last a few hours tops.
What about language barrier? English of 1841 bears very little similarity to English of today, both sides will be hard pressed to comprehend a single word the other speaks.
What about language barrier? English of 1841 bears very little similarity to English of today, both sides will be hard pressed to comprehend a single word the other speaks.
What about language barrier? English of 1841 bears very little similarity to English of today, both sides will be hard pressed to comprehend a single word the other speaks.
No longer sure how large the diffirence really is - others seem convinced there won´t be issues on that front - but languages do change over time. So how much would some 130 years really matter? Much? Little? Something in between.I am genuinely curious why it is you think this. No, really. Pls explain
No longer sure how large the diffirence really is - others seem convinced there won´t be issues on that front - but languages do change over time. So how much would some 130 years really matter? Much? Little? Something in between.
The only major change is the use of that f like symbol (the name of which completely escapes me) sometimes in place of S.
*edit* Examples of the English language shifting over time