Desengaño Feliz

In 1833, 212 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-3220 occurred via the British and Spanish Court of Mixed Commission, Freetown

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3220
Case Name Desengaño Feliz
Year 1833
Government Department Courts of Mixed Commission
Court British and Spanish Court of Mixed Commission, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 220
Liberated Africans Total 212
Registered Total 209
Notes
Sources "Abstract of proceedings under the British and Spanish Mixed Commission at Sierra Leone," 1 Jan. 1833 - 1 Jan. 1834, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, the Havannah, Rio de Janeiro, and Surinam, relating to the Slave Trade, 1834,” 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), 12-13; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 2453.
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Event Details
X Capture 780282.135735
Y Capture 493919.094919
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. 1833-02-22
Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. Eastern Bight
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 Bonny
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1833-02-22
Location At the mouth of the River Bonny
Navy Britain
Ship Charybdis
Captain Crawford
Supporting Ships
Sentence Date 1833-04-11
Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1833-04-03
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. Rivers of West Africa
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 Freetown
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