In 1857, 0 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 7, Case ID LA-E-4716 occurred via the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana, New Orleans
RegID | LA-E-4716 |
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Case Name | Lewis McLain |
Year | 1857 |
Government Department | Justice and State Departments, United States of America |
Court | United States District Court for the District of Louisiana, New Orleans |
Trial Outcome | Restored |
Enslaved Total | 0 |
Liberated Africans Total | 0 |
Registered Total | 0 |
Notes | |
Sources | "Return of Vessels captured on suspicion of being engaged in the Slave Trade, and adjudicated by the Vice-Admiralty Court at Sierra Leone," 1857, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, Luanda, and the Cape Verd Islands... 1857,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 44 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 31; Warren S. Howard, American Slavers and the Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkley: University of California Press, 1963), 213-223; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 4260. |
Cite as |
X Capture | 1216847.800038 |
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Y Capture | -431614.080702 |
Ship Status | Empty Ship |
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. | |
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. | 1857-05-15 |
Location | Kilongo River |
Navy | Britain |
Ship | Alecto |
Captain | Hunt |
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. | South Coast North America |
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 | New Orleans |