In 1878, 96 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 12, Case ID LA-E-1336 occurred via the Rachat et Engagement, Bagamoyo
| RegID | LA-E-1336 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Rachat des Spirtains, Bagamoyo |
| Year | 1878 |
| Government Department | Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Republique Française |
| Court | Rachat et Engagement, Bagamoyo |
| Trial Outcome | Purchased |
| Enslaved Total | 96 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 96 |
| Registered Total | 96 |
| Notes | Bagamoyo's plantations continued to expand and baptisms took place in large numbers, especially when Hirtzlin's mass campaign was at its peak in the mid-1880s. A steady stream were also married, usually before heading to an interior station to constitute the Christian village. The number of dead often reflected the number of dying children. Through the late 1870s and 1880s, the ransoming of slaves continued at Bagamoyo and inland, but sales were sporadic since there were no formal markets as had been at Zanzibar. Usually between forty and one hundred people were ransomed per year. Meanwhile, the British consul sent the Spiritains groups of slaves freed at sea in the early 1880s, usually handing them over to the Zanzibar mission, from where most went to Bagamoyo. |
| Sources | Paul V. Kollman, The Evangelization of Slaves and Catholic Origins in Eastern Africa (New York: Orbis Books, 2005), 210; Johannes Henschel, Listen to the Story of the Tombs: Bagamoyo Mission, 1870-1930 (Peramiho: publisher not identified, 2000), 5. |
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| 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. | |
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| 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 Coast of 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 | Bagamoyo |