In 1854, 263 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-5049 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
RegID | LA-E-5049 |
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Case Name | List of Children Rescued from Slavery |
Year | 1854 |
Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown |
Trial Outcome | Condemned |
Enslaved Total | 263 |
Liberated Africans Total | 263 |
Registered Total | 263 |
Notes | A nominal list of 117 persons rescued from slavery... the whole of this list are mostly children. There is an additional list showing a total of 263 people. No dates are provided for individual captures, although the lists contain African names, ages, and nation categories. |
Sources | House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, "Papers Relative to the Prevention of Slave Dealing at Sierra Leone," August 1855; House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, "Return of Persons rescued from Slavery in and out of the Colony and also of Persons detained under the Authority of the Alien Children Ordinance," 24 Sep. 1854. |
Cite as |
X Capture | -1472329.241055 |
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Y Capture | 948132.615332 |
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. | 1852-12-10 |
Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | Rivers of West 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 | |
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
Location | Brought into the colony of Sierra Leone |
Navy | Britain |
Ship | |
Captain | |
Supporting Ships | |
Sentence Date | 1854-06-23 |
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. | Rivers of West 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 | Freetown |