In 1861, 23 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-817 occurred via the Rachat et Engagement, Réunion
| RegID | LA-E-817 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Immigration africaine à la Réunion, 1848-1861* |
| Year | 1861 |
| Government Department | Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Republique Française |
| Court | Rachat et Engagement, Réunion |
| Trial Outcome | Purchased |
| Enslaved Total | 23 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 23 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | These data were inputted based on subtracting the total number of known voyages extracted from cases cited in Renault and his table "Immigration africaine," which totals 34,258 between 1848 and 1861. P. Lovejoy estimates 33,958 enslaved people were brought into Indian Ocean Islands, mostly Réunion, as engagés. Allowing for a mortality rate of 2 percent, probably 35,000 enslaved people left southeast Africa and Madagascar. Estimates require further analysis which is ongoing through consultations with Virginie Chaillou-Atrous whose thesis contains a deeper analysis than provided in P. Lovejoy and Renault. These data were inputted based on subtracting the total number of known voyages extracted from cases referenced in Renault, while the result is divided by the remaining total and number of years. |
| Sources | "Immigration africaine à la Réunion," in François Renault, Liberation d'esclaves et nouvelle servitude: Les rachats de captifs africains pour le compte des colonies françaises apres l'abolition de l'esclavage (Abidjan: Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1976), 188-189; Virginie Chaillou-Atrous, "De l'Afrique orientale à l'océan indien occidental, histoire des engagés africains à La Réunion" (Ph.D. thesis, Université de Nantes, 2010); Paul E. Lovejoy, Transformation in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa, 3rd ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), 146-147. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | |
|---|---|
| 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. | |
| 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 Africa (unspecified) |
| 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 | |
| Navy | |
| Ship | |
| Captain | |
| 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. | Mascarenes |
| 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 | Réunion |