In 1845, 995 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-460 occurred via the British Consular Court, Tunis
| RegID | LA-E-460 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Liberated by Thomas Reed |
| Year | 1845 |
| Government Department | Consular Courts |
| Court | British Consular Court, Tunis |
| Trial Outcome | Asylum |
| Enslaved Total | 995 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 995 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | On 21 January 1845, during his second trip to the Regency for the BFASS, Richardson noted to John Scoble that it was a daily occurrence for slaves to seek asylum in the British consulate. Richardson estimated that up to “a thousand of these slaves [had] been liberated [by] Sir Thomas Reade since the [preliminary] measure [banning slavery in the Regency] of the bey for the abolition of slavery in his territories.” |
| Sources | John Scoble, "Liberated of Slaves at the British Consulate of Tunis," in British Foreign and Anti-Slavery Reporter, 6 (London: Lancelot Wilde, 1845), 27; Ismael M. Montana, The Abolition of Slavery in Ottoman Tunisia (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2013), 93. |
| Cite as |
| 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 | Tunis |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
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| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1845-01-21 |
| 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. | Northwest 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 | Tunis |