Historedia
Group or institution

Rapa Nui Islanders

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1862–1863

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Rapa Nui Islanders, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Event of 1862: Peruvian slave raiders land on Easter Island, beginning a decade of the destruct

    1862–1863

    Role: Victims of the slave raid

    1. December 1862 · Easter IslandPeruvian Slave Raid on Easter Island

      Eight Peruvian ships arrived at Easter Island in December 1862, capturing a third of the population for the labour trade.

    2. 1863 · Peru and Easter Island (deaths and freeing in Peru; smallpox epidemic on Easter Island)Disease and Repatriation

      Most captives died from disease in Peru before their 1863 freeing; the few survivors returned to Easter Island carrying smallpox.

Sources

  1. Blackbirding Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
  2. History of Easter Island Wikipedia