44 A close reading of Notice shows D'Avezac did not understand certain things the informant told him which the writer confessed to while discussing his methodology. See discussions below.  
(letters illegible). ${ }^{45}$ The journey was not without incident. The Renard was partially damaged by a storm off the coast of England, immobilized, and had to be towed back to Le Havre. ${ }^{46}$ In March, Osifekunde joined another cargo ship, the Camélia - the same one that brought him to France in 1837. ${ }^{47}$ It is curious that Osifekunde's journey back to Brazil was with one Joseph Burle, a Recife-based French merchant with family ties to Navarre. According to Santana, Burle and Navarre's wives were sisters. If so, was Burle sent to lure Osifekunde back to Brazil or did Osifekunde choose to join a 'family member' on his return? Nearly fifteen months to the date of his return to Recife, Osifekunde was dead. On July 24, 1842, a group of men kidnapped him and took him to a secret hideout where they shaved his head, a usual punishment for newly enslaved people in many parts of Africa and for freedom seekers in the Americas. The group murdered him. ${ }^{48}$ It is unclear if his murder was a delayed punishment for having escaped in France three years earlier or if he was trying to help some enslaved people to freedom. What seems certain is that since his murder not only took place on Navarre's property, seven years after one of the greatest slave uprisings in Brazil, ${ }^{49}$ the killers, suspected to include powerful citizens in society, might be warning potential "rebellious" enslaved people to be cautious.