In 1843, 5 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-434 occurred via the British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission, Cape of Good Hope
| RegID | LA-E-434 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Sociedade |
| Year | 1843 |
| Government Department | Courts of Mixed Commission |
| Court | British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission, Cape of Good Hope |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 6 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 5 |
| Registered Total | 5 |
| Notes | |
| Sources | J.P. van Niekerk, "British, Portuguese, and American Judges in Adderley Street: The International Legal Background To and Some Judicial Aspects of the Cape Town Mixed Commissions for the Suppression of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century (Part 3)," The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 37, no. 3 (2004): 415-419. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 1462698.973265 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -1274319.021310 |
| 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 South |
| 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 | Benguela |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1843-09-20 |
| Location | 11°32'0" S., 13°3'0" E.; Three miles from Benguela |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Sapho |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1843-11-29 |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1843-10-30 |
| 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. | Southern 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 | Cape Town |