7/5/2023 0 Comments Author of sea of poppies![]() ![]() Everybody aboard is escaping from something, so anxious to put their problems behind them that they see no choice but to submit to the atrocious living conditions and sometimes sadistic overseers aboard the Ibis. ![]() As the ship tosses and conditions deteriorate, the ship soon becomes a microcosm for life on land, full of tumult and unexpected twists of fate, and each person’s heart is laid bare. ![]() When the Ibis, a “blackbirder” leaves Calcutta and sets out across the Bay of Bengal, carrying “indentured migrants,” many of whom will become the equivalent of slaves, the seas darken and become stormy. For myself, I confess I see no reason why any Englishman should abet the Manchu tyrant in depriving the people of China of this miraculous substance.” “If it is God’s will that opium be used as an instrument to open China to his teachings, then so be it. ![]()
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