{"id":"01KG6YH5JNS3RJP28FTD8TZPRJ","cid":"bafkreifhv7x6le7hyvma3jj5jvgqagmwic4yuul6ot4qrjxlqv7yvg4e3e","type":"section","properties":{"description":"# Narrative shift to Babo's fate\n## Overview\nThis 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].\n\n## Context\nThe 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).\n\n## Contents\nThe 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.\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T07:58:23.869Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"Narrative shift to Babo's fate","end_line":5480,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:52.469Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Narrative shift to Babo's fate","source_file":"01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD","start_line":5470,"text":"As for the black—whose brain, not body, had schemed and led the revolt,\r\nwith the plot—his slight frame, inadequate to that which it held, had\r\nat once yielded to the superior muscular strength of his captor, in the\r\nboat. Seeing all was over, he uttered no sound, and could not be forced\r\nto. His aspect seemed to say, since I cannot do deeds, I will not speak\r\nwords. Put in irons in the hold, with the rest, he was carried to Lima.\r\nDuring the passage, Don Benito did not visit him. Nor then, nor at any\r\ntime after, would he look at him. Before the tribunal he refused. When\r\npressed by the judges he fainted. On the testimony of the sailors alone\r\nrested the legal identity of Babo.\r\n\r","title":"Narrative shift to Babo's fate"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG6YGRZTSHMVJG70A44QVCY4","peer_type":"section","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG6YDDF6PTWG4P7JTS5THSTD","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG6YH5JN3KYFEJ29PVCKDJX4","peer_type":"section","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG6YH5JM4HG67J6CYWZS8AN8","peer_type":"section","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:52.597Z","ts":"2026-01-30T07:58:24.063Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}