In 1851, 63 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-3668 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
| RegID | LA-E-3668 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Pepito |
| Year | 1851 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 66 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 63 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | |
| Sources | "A Return of all Vessels, their Names and Tonnage, captured (on suspicion of being engaged in Slave Trade)," 1849-1852, in “Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade Treaties; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix, and index,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 7 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 223-228; Richard Meyer-Heiselberg, Notes from Liberated African Department: Extracts from Sources on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade 1808-1860 from the Archives at Fourah Bay College, The University College of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala: The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1967); SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 4437. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 175478.091646 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | 688225.860400 |
| 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. | Western 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 | Little Popo |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1851-07-14 |
| Location | Off Fish Town, near Pepoe |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1851-08-01 |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| 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. | Rivers of West 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 | Freetown |