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Originally Posted by Catlady
[...] I forgot about Black Michael as being another specific, named non-white character; he's kind of a mixed bag, as he is honorable enough to protect John and Alice, but doesn't arrange for their rescue. [...]
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There is a
possible defence for Black Michael, it's given a bit earlier in the first chapter:
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Two months after they weighed anchor and cleared from the port of Freetown a half dozen British war vessels were scouring the south Atlantic for trace of them or their little vessel, and it was almost immediately that the wreckage was found upon the shores of St. Helena which convinced the world that the Fuwalda had gone down with all on board, and hence the search was stopped ere it had scarce begun; though hope lingered in longing hearts for many years.
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So we might presume the mutinous crew all drowned and Black Michael never got his chance to do the honourable thing. (Or we might presume this was staged to make the world think they had drowned.)