Flor de Cabaceira

In 1861, 11 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-795 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope

Case Details
RegID LA-E-795
Case Name Flor de Cabaceira
Year 1861
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 11
Liberated Africans Total 11
Registered Total 0
Notes
Sources Matthew S. Hopper "Liberated Africans in Indian Ocean Spreadsheet" (donated to Liberated Africans in 2018); Matthew S. Hopper, “Liberated Africans in the Indian Ocean World,” in Richard Anderson, and Henry B. Lovejoy, Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807-1896 (Rochester: Rochester University Press, 2020), 215-237; Matthew S. Hopper, Slaves of One Master: Globalization and Slavery in Arabia in the Age of Empire (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015); The National Archives, UK, Admiralty, 53/7977.
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Event Details
X Capture 4541835.224366
Y Capture -1406466.177773
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. East Central 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 Ibo
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1861-06-24
Location 12°32'0" S., 40°48'0" E.; Near Ibo (Mozambique)
Navy Britain
Ship Penguin
Captain McHardy
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. Southern 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 Cape Town
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