In 1824, 111 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-264 occurred via the Tribunal Maritime, Réunion
| RegID | LA-E-264 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Cécile |
| Year | 1824 |
| Government Department | Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Republique Française |
| Court | Tribunal Maritime, Réunion |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 111 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 111 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Le 3 septembre 1824, George Canning annonce à l'ambassadeur de France à Londres, prince de Polignac, la saisie du navire. Il portait un double jeu de papiers de bord, français et arabes. Son équipage était français, sauf un homme. Ils avaient d'abord été conduits à l'île Maurice. Mais les dispositions anglaises ne permettaient pas de saisir un navire français et moins encore de le condamn er : le cabinet britannique exprimait ses regrets pour cette saisie illégale. Il souhaitait, néanmoins, que la France s'active dans ses dispositions antinégrières. Dès la remise du navire aux autorités de l'île Bourbon, celles-ci informaient le ministère. Le 5 avril 1824, un arrêwt de la commission spéciale de l'île avait condamné le capitaine Mourgues, qui figure à la liste officielle de 1826. |
| Sources | Serge Daget, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises à la Traite Illégale (1814-1850) (Nantes: Centre de Recherche sur l'Histoire du Monde Atlantique et Comité Nantais d'Études en Sciences Humaines, 1988), 317. |
| 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. | Madagascar |
| 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 | Apasindava Bay |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1824-09-03 |
| Location | |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Delight |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1824-04-05 |
| 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. | Mascarenes |
| 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 | Réunion |