Abolition of Slavery

There is a legend that marooned slaves jumped off the high cliffs of a mountain to their death into the sea, when they saw a ship approaching, because they believed the ship was sent to capture them, yet the ship was sent to inform them of their manumission. At the south-western tip of the island of Mauritius, a tropical lush, green jewel in the Indian Ocean, towers the brooding Le Morne mountain, declared a world heritage monument to the abolition of slavery by UNESCO in 2008. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"57058","attributes":{"alt":"French map from 1791 depicting Mauritius (then called \"Isle de France\"). (Public Domain)","class":"media-image","height":"700","style":"width: 595px; height: 700px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"595"}}]] French map from 1791 depicting Mauritius (then called "Isle de France"). ( Public Domain) During the 10th century