In 1842, 13 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 3, Case ID LA-E-416 occurred via the British Consular Court, Cephalonia
| RegID | LA-E-416 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Miltiades |
| Year | 1842 |
| Government Department | Consular Courts |
| Court | British Consular Court, Cephalonia |
| Trial Outcome | Asylum |
| Enslaved Total | 14 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 13 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Greek authorities in Argostoli, the capital of Cephalonia island, detained the Miltiades after it was forced ashore there.12 Pierre Gaspare Carbeau, a French medical doctor and a passenger on the vessel, tipped off Mr. Reynolds, the chief officer of the health department in Argostoli, that “black slaves were secretly concealed in the hold of the vessel,” whom the captain was to deliver to a Turk in Candia (Crete). No sooner had Reynolds ordered a search of the vessel when he discovered that “besides the twenty-eight passengers and crew of fifteen sworn by the captain to be on board, though twelve only were entered in the Bill of Health, there were also in the vessel African Negro slaves, 13 males and 1 female clandestinely embarked in the Bay or the Gulf of Tunis after the Brig had been cleared out for Candia.” The Greek authorities, along with British diplomatic officials in Cephalonia, immediately launched an investigation into the circumstances of the secret slave traffic. |
| Sources | Ismael M. Montana, The Abolition of Slavery in Ottoman Tunisia (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2013), 112. |
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| X Capture | |
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| 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. | |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | Northwest 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 | La Goulette |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
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| 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. | 1841-01-22 |
| 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. | Southeast Europe |
| 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 | Argostoli |