Annual Report

In 1843, 114 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-437 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Trinidad

Case Details
RegID LA-E-437
Case Name Annual Report
Year 1843
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Trinidad
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 114
Liberated Africans Total 114
Registered Total 0
Notes
Sources "Appendix 1: Reports of Liberated African Arrivals in the Bahamas from Governors' Correspondence," and "Appendix 2: Reports of Liberated African Arrivals in Trinidad from Governors' Correspondence," in Rosanne Marion Adderley, “New Negroes from Africa:” Slave Trade Abolition and Free African Settlement in the Nineteenth-Century Caribbean (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006), 241-248.
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Event Details

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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.
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 Africa (unspecified)
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
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known.
Location
Navy
Ship
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 Trinidad
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