In 1906, 5 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 3, Case ID LA-E-2842 occurred via the British Consular Court, Lengeh
RegID | LA-E-2842 |
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Case Name | Unspecified |
Year | 1906 |
Government Department | Consular Courts |
Court | British Consular Court, Lengeh |
Trial Outcome | Asylum |
Enslaved Total | 5 |
Liberated Africans Total | 5 |
Registered Total | 0 |
Notes | Out of 130 applications for manumission, 89 received freedom certificates at Bunder Abbas and 26 certificates were forwarded by the Consulate for delivery to the slaves who had taken refuge in the British Agency at Lingah. It is not immediately clear if any of these people were African, although inputted totals are meant to represent the possibility. |
Sources | British Library, India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/710, in Qatar Digital Library, "Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency," 1906-07, f. 80v. |
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X Capture | |
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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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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. | Middle East |
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 | Lengeh |