Seedies and Kroomen
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Seedies and Kroomen
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Seedies and Kroomen were African sailors recruited locally into the British Royal Navy in the 19th and early 20th century. The Seedies − from the Hindi word sidi − were mostly employed in less skilled jobs. They were Muslim, and the navy recruited them from ports on the Indian Ocean, primarily from Zanzibar and the Seychelles. Some seem to have been ex-slaves. One example of a Royal Navy ship of the line they served on was HMS London, which between 1878 and 1883 was stationed in Zanzibar bay whe
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African sailors recruited into the British Royal Navy in the 19th and early 20th centuries
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2022-10-12T13:35:32Z
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