In 1841, 215 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-3457 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, St. Helena
| RegID | LA-E-3457 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Julia |
| Year | 1841 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, St. Helena |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 245 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 215 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | 245 slaves on board when captured. Others [number not stated] drowned. Smallpox on the ship. Name based on the account of George McHenry; Tatham doesn't give this. Voyages database agrees with the figure for 215 slaves landed. |
| Sources | "A Return of all Vessels, their Names and Tonnage, Captured (on suspicion of being engaged in Slave Trade)," 1840-1848, in “Report from the Select Committe of the House of Lords, Appointed to Consider the best Means which Great Britain can adopt for the final Extinction of the African Slave Trade... Session 1850,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 6 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 212-228; Wilfred Tatham, Notes on the suppression of the slave trade. Vice-Admiralty Court, St. Helena, 1840-1872 (unpublished manuscript, St. Helena Government Archives, File 14); Andrew Pearson, Distant Freedom: St Helena and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1840-1872 (Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2016); Andrew Pearson, “St. Helena Vice Admiralty Court,” (dataset donated in 2017), UID: 5; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 3313. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 1502813.1257092 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -1364682.04056584 |
| 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 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 | Benguela |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1840-12-04 |
| Location | 12°10'0" S., 13°30'0" E. |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Waterwitch |
| Captain | Matson |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1841-01-11 |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1840-12-16 |
| 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. | St. Helena |
| 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 | St. Helena |