In 1815, 263 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 12, Case ID LA-E-3459 occurred via the Tribunal Maritime, Guadeloupe
| RegID | LA-E-3459 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Bonne Mère |
| Year | 1815 |
| Government Department | Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Republique Française |
| Court | Tribunal Maritime, Guadeloupe |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 319 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 263 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Les armateurs ont connaissance des circulaires restrictives d'août et octobre. L'armement négrier est signalé au ministre de la Marine par l'ambassadeur d'Angleterre, duc de Wellington. Le bâtiment est saisi à l'ancre par deux navires de guerre britanniques, alors que les conventions de paix entre l'Angleterre et la France sont en discussion. Le procès a lieu le 21 novembre 1816. Le navire est condamné comme prise de guerre, et non sur probabilité négrière. Les Anglais justifient la prise par le fait qu'il n'y aurait pas de papiers à bord avant la saisie: ils pensent cependant qu'il s'agit d'une "propriété française", donc ennemie, malgré la fin des hostilités. |
| Sources | Serge Daget, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises à la Traite Illégale (1814-1850) (Nantes: Centre de Recherche sur l'Histoire du Monde Atlantique et Comité Nantais d'Études en Sciences Humaines, 1988), 6; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: V34002. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | |
| Ship Status | Unknown |
| 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. | 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. | |
| Location | |
| Navy | France |
| Ship | |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | |
| 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. | 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 | Guadeloupe |