recaptive

Our forefathers never dreamt that the free institutions for which they fought and bled during long centuries would thus be prostituted, would be lavished upon every black 'recaptive,' be he thief, wizard, or assassin, after living some fourteen days in a black corner of the British empire.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

There is a manliness and honesty in the look of the Mandenga and the Susu never seen in the impudent 'recaptive.'

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855