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- # Narrative shift to Babo's fate
## Overview
This is a section extracted from the text file [the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD), specifically lines 5470-5480. It is labeled "Narrative shift to Babo's fate". This section is part of a larger section titled "—That he believes that all the negroes, though not in the first place knowing to the design of revolt, when it was accomplished, approved it." [01KG6YGRZTSHMVJG70A44QVCY4].
## Context
The section is part of the [Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF) collection, which contains the complete works of Herman Melville. This section follows [Narrative shift to Don Benito's character and hidden details](arke:01KG6YH5JN3KYFEJ29PVCKDJX4) and precedes [Narrative shift to the ultimate fates of Babo and Benito Cereno](arke:01KG6YH5JM4HG67J6CYWZS8AN8).
## Contents
The section details the fate of Babo, the leader of the slave revolt. It describes his capture, his silence, and his transport to Lima. It notes Don Benito's refusal to look at or acknowledge Babo, even in court. The section concludes by stating that Babo's legal identity rested solely on the testimony of the sailors.
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- As for the black—whose brain, not body, had schemed and led the revolt,
with the plot—his slight frame, inadequate to that which it held, had
at once yielded to the superior muscular strength of his captor, in the
boat. Seeing all was over, he uttered no sound, and could not be forced
to. His aspect seemed to say, since I cannot do deeds, I will not speak
words. Put in irons in the hold, with the rest, he was carried to Lima.
During the passage, Don Benito did not visit him. Nor then, nor at any
time after, would he look at him. Before the tribunal he refused. When
pressed by the judges he fainted. On the testimony of the sailors alone
rested the legal identity of Babo.
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- Narrative shift to Babo's fate