In 1808, 236 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 1, Case ID LA-E-3322 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Tortola
| RegID | LA-E-3322 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Africa |
| Year | 1808 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Tortola |
| Trial Outcome | Restored |
| Enslaved Total | 326 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 236 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | This ship sailed from the Charleston on 27 July 1807 before the US Abolition Act went into effect. The British capture on 30 January 1808 occurred after the US Abolition Act had taken into effect. The case was appealed and the ship restored because the voyage began before the Act became law. |
| Sources | "Case of the Africa," 1808, in Elizabeth Donnan, Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America, vol. 4 (Washington D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1935), 551-570; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 7632. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | -6418264.391050 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | 2611875.528448989 |
| 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. | 1807-12-16 |
| 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 North |
| 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 | Congo River |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1808-01-29 |
| Location | Latitute of 22 deg. 50 min..., and taken into Tortola |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Haughty |
| Captain | Mitchell |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1808-03-16 |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1826-05-30 |
| 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. | Caribbean |
| 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 | Tortola |