In 1857, 292 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 12, Case ID LA-E-656 occurred via the Rachat et Engagement, Martinique
| RegID | LA-E-656 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Clara |
| Year | 1857 |
| Government Department | Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Republique Française |
| Court | Rachat et Engagement, Martinique |
| Trial Outcome | Purchased |
| Enslaved Total | 328 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 292 |
| Registered Total | 292 |
| Notes | Agent du gouvernement: Hibert, enseigne de vaisseau. Il ne s'occupe que des engagements et il n'est pas censé faire le voyage à la Martinique. Très malade, il quitte la côte d‟Afrique avec la Clara pour se rendre en France. Arrived Gorée unknown date; Arrived Ouidah end of 1857-07; Arrived Banana at Congo River 1857-08; Arrived Loango 1857-09. En août 1857, à l‟embouchure du fleuve Congo, il est visité par un croiseur britannique le Myrmidon. En septembre 1857, un bâtiment portugais, le Cabo Verde, accoste le navire pour faire une visite. Upon arrival 23 people admitted to hospital. People on board this ship were registered, see Archives Nationales, France, Centre des Archives d’Outre-Mer, Martinique, 127/1137, "Extrait de la liste nominative des recrues appartenant au contingent de la Clara," Nov. 1857. |
| Sources | Céline Flory, "La liberté forcée: Politiques impériales et expériences de travail dans l'atlantique du XIXe siècle," vol. 2 (Ph.D. Thesis: École de Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 2011), 765; Céline Flory, De l'esclavage à la liberté forcée: Histoire des travailleurs africains engagés dans la Carïbe française au XIXe siècle (Paris: Karthala, 2015); “Liste des voyages effectués à travers l'Atlantique en exécution de contrats passés par l’administration française pour l’immigration de travailleurs africains dans les colonies,” in François Renault, Liberation d'esclaves et nouvelle servitude: Les rachats de captifs africains pour le compte des colonies françaises après l'abolition de l'esclavage (Abidjan: Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1976), 175-177. |
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| 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. | 1857-11-06 |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | West Central Africa North |
| 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 | Loango |
| 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. | 1857-12-05 |
| 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. | Caribbean |
| 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 | Martinique |