Jav — Attackers Slave Island

Yet, for historians of slavery, the Javanese attackers of Slave Island represent a crucial truth: , separated only by time and fortune.

Slave Island is a low-lying area of Colombo bordered by the Beira Lake and the city’s main fort. During Portuguese (1505–1656) and Dutch (1656–1796) rule, colonial authorities used this naturally defensible peninsula to house enslaved people before they were shipped across the Indian Ocean or sold locally. Jav Attackers Slave Island