William R. Kibby

In 1860, 3 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 7, Case ID LA-E-3652 occurred via the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3652
Case Name William R. Kibby
Year 1860
Government Department Justice and State Departments, United States of America
Court United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 600
Liberated Africans Total 3
Registered Total 0
Notes The three African boys aboard were landed at New York.
Sources "Return of Vessels engaged in the Slave Trade captured by the United States' cruizers on the coast of Cuba," 1860, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, and Loanda,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 47 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 22; Warren S. Howard, American Slavers and the Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkley: University of California Press, 1963), 213-223; Sharla M. Fett, Recaptured Africans: Surviving Slave Ships, Detention, and Warren S. Howard, American Slavers and the Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkley: University of California Press, 1963), 213-223; Dislocation in the Final Years of the Slave Trade (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017), 167; SlaveVoyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 4356.
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Event Details
X Capture -7013603.945753
Y Capture 2077864.176904
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 Congo River
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1860-07-23
Location Off Anguilla
Navy USA
Ship Crusader
Captain Maffit
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. 1860-07-21
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. East Coast North America
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 New York
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