In 1864, 659 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 4, Case ID LA-E-3749 occurred via the British and Spanish Court of Mixed Commission, Havana
| RegID | LA-E-3749 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Pondichery |
| Year | 1864 |
| Government Department | Courts of Mixed Commission |
| Court | British and Spanish Court of Mixed Commission, Havana |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 682 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 659 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | |
| Sources | "Statement of the Number of Slaves reported to have been Landed and Captured in Cuba," 1 Oct. 1863 - 30 Sep. 1864, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, and Loanda... 1864,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 49 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 59; Inés Roldán de Montaud, “En los borrosos confines de la libertad: el caso de los negros emancipados en Cuba, 1817-1870,” Revista de Indias 71 (2011): 160; Inés Roldán de Montaud, “La diplomacia británica y la abolición del tráfico de esclavos cubanos: una nueva aportación,” Revista complutense de historia de América 2 (1981): 219-50; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 4990. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | -8633596.196561 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | 2628822.276784 |
| 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. | 1864-02-08 |
| Location | Bahama Bank |
| Navy | Spain |
| Ship | Neptuno |
| 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 | Havana |