In 1884, 60 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-5326 occurred via the British Consular Court, Jeddah
| RegID | LA-E-5326 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1884 |
| Government Department | Consular Courts |
| Court | British Consular Court, Jeddah |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 60 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 60 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | I have now the honour to report to your Excellency that a few days ago the Turkish gun-boat “Sitt-el-Bahar,” Captain Aziz Bey, belonging to the squadron of Commodore Mehmet Bey, stationed at Jeddah, which had been dispatched south shortly before on account of Bedouin disturbances on the coast, captured at Maidy, a place a little to the north of Loheiya, a native sailing craft with about sixty young Abyssinian slaves on board, forty girls and twenty boys, bound from the opposite coast for sale at Jeddah. The place of capture being within the jurisdiction of the Vali of the Yemen, the slaves have, I believe, been handed over to that functionary for final disposal, and have, I believe, been sent to Hodcidah. I have congratulated the authorities here, and especially Commodore Mehmet Bey, on this capture, which I believe is the first made by Turkish cruizers in the Red Sea. The Commodore informed me that he had always instructions to capture slavers, and trusted it would not be the last seizure. |
| Sources | "Jago to the Earl of Dufferin," 12 May 1884, in "Correspondence with British Representatives, and Reports from Naval Officers, Relative to the East African Slave Trade," 1885, in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 60 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 33-34. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 4751889.196015 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | 1849116.595861 |
| 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. | |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | Nile Valley |
| 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. | 1884-05-12 |
| Location | At Maidy, a place a little to the north of Loheiya |
| Navy | Ottoman |
| Ship | Sitt-el-Bahar |
| Captain | Aziz Bey |
| 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. | Middle East |
| 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 | Al-Hudaydah |