In 1828, 9 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 12, Case ID LA-E-3895 occurred via the Tribunal Maritime, Guadeloupe
| RegID | LA-E-3895 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Neirsée (a) Estafette |
| Year | 1828 |
| Government Department | Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Republique Française |
| Court | Tribunal Maritime, Guadeloupe |
| Trial Outcome | Restored |
| Enslaved Total | 280 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 9 |
| Registered Total | 9 |
| Notes | In 1828, Captain Owen of the Eden captured a French ship, called the Neirsée. During the British escort to Freetown, a storm separated the two ships, the French slavers overpowered the British crew and sailed the ship to the Caribbean. They took the European crew to Dominica, while the enslaved Africans went to Guadaloupe. The Neirsée affair sparked a diplomatic crisis because the French re-enslaved several African-born British subjects, while the British captured a French ship without legal authority. Le comte de Portalis répondait à l'ambassador d'Angleterre : les neuf négres libres seraient remis aux Anglais a la Dommique. Mais il protestait violemment contre le comportement du commandant Owen et exigeait que l'Amirauté prît à son encontre les sanctions qui s'imposaient. Les mesures françaises, soit juridiques, soit militaires, n'étaient pas encore assez puissantes. The graphic history is an excellent teaching resources and contains examples of the case files. |
| Sources | Rafe Blaufarb, and Liz Clarke, Inhuman Traffick: The International Stuggle Against the Slave Trade (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015); Serge Daget, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises à la Traite Illégale (1814-1850) (Nantes: Centre de Recherche sur l'Histoire du Monde Atlantique et Comité Nantais d'Études en Sciences Humaines, 1988), 508-509; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: V931. |
| 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. | 1828-11-01 |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | Eastern 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 | Calabar |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1828-07-14 |
| Location | |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Eden |
| Captain | Owen |
| 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 | Guadeloupe |