In 1807, 0 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-3560 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope
| RegID | LA-E-3560 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Ann |
| Year | 1807 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 184 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 0 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | In the case of the American slaver Ann/Anne (1810), a court in Cape Town cited the Amedie decision as grounds for condemnation, but refused to free the captives. The Ann had sailed to Cape Mount in 1806 with orders to carry captives to Montevideo on the River Plate. The vessel was seized in the South Atlantic and carried to Cape Town, where it was condemned on the same grounds as the Nancy and Amedie: the voyage violated the U.S. foreign slave trade ban of 1794. The Ann’s owners argued that the since the voyage was undertaken prior to the passage of the 1807 Act, the vessel had to be restored. In condemning the vessel, the High Court of Admiralty cited the Amedie decision, maintaining that the slave trade could have no legitimate existence in the absence of positive law. However, since original case was heard prior to the passage of the 1807 Abolition Act, the Ann’s captives were sold at auction in Cape Town. Maybe double counted with V80283. |
| Sources | State Archives, Cape Town, CO 9, Items 27-28, "Committee appointed by Government by Proclamation for the purpose of making Enquiry into an illicit Traffic of Slaves clandestinely landed in this settlement in defence of the laws," 29 Apr. 1808, c.f. Michael Charles Reidy, “Admission of Slaves and Prize Slaves into the Cape Colony, 1797-1818,” MA dissertation (University of Cape Town, 1997), 74-77; Sean Kelley, "Precedents: The "Captured Negroes" of Tortola, 1807-22," in Richard Anderson, and Henry B. Lovejoy, Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807-1896 (Rochester: Rochester University Press, 2020), 25-44; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 37045. |
| 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. | 1806-11-15 |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | Rivers of West Africa |
| 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 | Cape Mount |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
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| Sentence Date | 1807-08-01 |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1807-04-20 |
| 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. | Southern 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 | Cape Town |