In 1843, 0 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-4757 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, St. Helena
| RegID | LA-E-4757 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Roberto |
| Year | 1843 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, St. Helena |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 0 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 0 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Case abandoned 14 December 1843. Slaves ran ashore. 505 alleged to have been on board. Ship destroyed. |
| Sources | Wilfred Tatham, Notes on the suppression of the slave trade. Vice-Admiralty Court, St. Helena, 1840-1872 (unpublished manuscript, St. Helena Government Archives, File 14); Andrew Pearson, Distant Freedom: St Helena and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1840-1872 (Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2016); Andrew Pearson, “St. Helena Vice Admiralty Court,” (dataset donated in 2017), UID: 59. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 1309859.3416680 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -536821.55858300 |
| 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. | 1842-08-11 |
| Location | 4°49'0" S., 11°46'0" E.; Black Point |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Madagascar |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1843-03-27 |
| 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. | St. Helena |
| 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 | St. Helena |