In 1908, 20 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-2901 occurred via the British Consular Court, Bandar Abbas
| RegID | LA-E-2901 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1908 |
| Government Department | Consular Courts |
| Court | British Consular Court, Bandar Abbas |
| Trial Outcome | Asylum |
| Enslaved Total | 20 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 20 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | During the year in all 66 slaves took refuge in the Consulate, with Slaves, complaints of ill-treatment by their masters. Of these 55 were granted freedom and the remaining 11 disappeared during enquiry into their cases. Of the total freed 11 belonged to Lingah and had applied for manumission through the Residency Agent there. The practice of manumitting slaves coming from the Arab coast was discontinued during the year as it was found that slaves who had contracted with their masters for pearl fishing and had received advances of money were obtaining freedom papers by misrepresentations to this Consulate, where it was difficult to verify their stories. In such cases they are now referred to the Residency Agent at Shargah or the Political Agent at Bahrein. 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," 1908, f. 187. |
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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. | 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 | Bandar Abbas |