In 1872, 192 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 14, Case ID LA-E-1075 occurred via the Distritos (unspecified), Moçambique
| RegID | LA-E-1075 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Libertos* |
| Year | 1872 |
| Government Department | Ministério do Ultramar, Reino de Portugal |
| Court | Distritos (unspecified), Moçambique |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 192 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 192 |
| Registered Total | 192 |
| Notes | A total of 6,205 libertos registered from extant sources compiled into annual returns. Registers exist, but were not released by the time of the publication of "Abolition and the Registration of Slaves and Libertos in Portuguese Mozambique, 1856–76." In footnote two, they state "Currently only a fraction of the database we created, approximately 14,000 records, is available online. The remaining records will be available soon." The total is a sample since it is known that other registers from various districts have not yet been located. No estimate for total number of libertos in Moçambique provided. They did not include in their totals slave ship captures by the Portuguese navy off the coast of East Africa. Accordingly, registration of libertos by district were: Bazaruto (1 liberto); Cabo Delgado (3,007 libertos); Inhambane (118); Lourenço Marques (494); Moçambique (1,051); Quilimane (216); Sofala (29); Tete (1,042); and Zambézia (247). In 2022, the regenerated identities for libertos on Between Oceans and Continents (www.africanregisters.org) amounted to 4,543 people. |
| Sources | Daniel B. Domingues da Silva, and Edward A. Alpers, "Abolition and the Registration of Slaves and Libertos in Portuguese Mozambique, 1856–76," Journal of African History (2022): 9-10. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | |
| Ship Status | Unknown |
| Date of departure from a place or port in Africa generally following the purchase of enslaved people. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | East Africa (unspecified) |
| Place or port of departure from Africa, if known. A controlled vocabulary for place names are associated with geographic coordinates using Google Maps Global Mercator EPSG:900913. See https://epsg.io/transform#s_srs=4326&t_srs=900913&x=NaN&y=NaN | |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Location | |
| Navy | |
| Ship | |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Region of arrival around the world. Required field. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. Other regions outside of Africa include, Western Europe, East Coast of North America, etc. | East Central Africa |
| Place or port of arrival around the world. Required field. A controlled vocabulary for place names are associated with geographic coordinates using Google Maps Global Mercator EPSG:900913. See https://epsg.io/transform#s_srs=4326&t_srs=900913&x=NaN&y=NaN | East Central Africa |