In 1830, 50 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 4, Case ID LA-E-3070 occurred via the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Rio de Janeiro
| RegID | LA-E-3070 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Don Estevão de Ataíde |
| Year | 1830 |
| Government Department | Courts of Mixed Commission |
| Court | British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Rio de Janeiro |
| Trial Outcome | Restored |
| Enslaved Total | 386 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 50 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Only 50 people owned by João da Silva Carrão from Portugal were freed. The remaining 231 people were deemed legal and not liberated. |
| Sources | The National Archives, UK, FO 84/108, "Copy of the Sentence in the Portuguese Vessel of"Tabla 1: Apreensões e emancipação de grupos de africanos livres no Brasil (1821-56)," in Beatriz Gallotti Mamigonian, Africanos livres: A abolição do tráfico de escravos no Brasil (São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2017), 567-590; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 1229. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | -4805747.564041 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -2619955.581503 |
| Ship Status | Liberated Africans |
| Date of departure from a place or port in Africa generally following the purchase of enslaved people. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1830-01-19 |
| 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 Central Africa |
| 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 | Mozambique |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1830-10 |
| Location | Port of Rio de Janeiro |
| Navy | Brazil |
| Ship | Alfândega |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1830-12-10 |
| 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 South America |
| 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 | Rio de Janeiro |