Rio da Prata

In 1835, 240 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-3094 occurred via the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Rio de Janeiro

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3094
Case Name Rio da Prata
Year 1835
Government Department Courts of Mixed Commission
Court British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Rio de Janeiro
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 523
Liberated Africans Total 240
Registered Total 222
Notes
Sources "Report of the Case of the brig Rio de la Plata, 9 Feb. 1835, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, the Havannah, Rio de Janeiro, and Surinam, relating to the Slave Trade, 1835,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 14 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 243-244; "Return of Vessels adjudicated by the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission at Rio de Janeiro," 1 Jan. 1835 - 1 Jul. 1835, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, the Havannah, Rio de Janeiro, and Surinam, relating to the Slave Trade, 1835,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 14 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 281; "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; Daniela Carvalho Cavalheiro, “Da liberdade para a emancipação: Trabalho, gênero e identidades de africanas livres no Rio de Janeiro oitocentista” (Ph.D. thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2020); SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 1420.
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Event Details
X Capture -1983342.2609668241
Y Capture -2387904.387626964
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.
Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. West Central Africa South
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 Benguela
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1834-11-28
Location 20°58'0" S., 17°49'0" W.
Navy Britain
Ship Raleigh
Captain Quin
Supporting Ships
Sentence Date 1835-02-06
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
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