In 1845, 5 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-3602 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope
| RegID | LA-E-3602 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1845 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 420 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 5 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | After a five-hour chase on the morning of 13 December 1844, HMS Cleopatra ran aground an anonymous brig on the banks of Rio Mariangombe near Quilimane. The crew had abandoned the slave ship with approximately 420 slaves imprisoned in the hold behind a fastened grating. The boarding officer, who wrote an unsigned statement in the ship’s log, claimed that he decided with the Captain, Charles Wyvill, and Lieutenant that ‘the only chance of saving [the slaves’] lives was to allow them to swim on shore’. They transferred seven slaves to the Cleopatra, five of whom survived for emancipation by the vice-admiralty court at Cape Town. |
| Sources | Jake Christopher Richards, "Anti-Slave-Trade Law, ‘Liberated Africans’ and the State in the South Atlantic World, C.1839–1852," Past & Present 241, 1 (2018): 179–219; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 3930. |
| 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. | 1844-12-13 |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | East Central 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 | Quelimane |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Location | |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Cleopatra |
| 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. | 1845-01 |
| 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 |