In 1809, 6 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-82 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Bahamas
| RegID | LA-E-82 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | San Rafael |
| Year | 1809 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Bahamas |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 6 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 6 |
| Registered Total | 6 |
| Notes | Six Africans seized 4 Oct. 1809 at Nassau and having been imported as slaves by some person unknown in some Ship unknown. Information filed 4 Oct.; condemned by default 31 Oct. & delivered over to the collector of the customs. One continuous register for several captures in the Bahamas from 1809 and 1811. Includes name, sex, age, height, description, date of indenture, and to whom apprenticed. In a total of 452 people, 67 were conscripted to the army, 25 to the navy, 246 were apprenticed in Nassau, 102 went to other islands in the Bahamas, 34 died and 6 were transferred elsewhere. Signed by Murray Cole. |
| Sources | The National Archives, UK, CO 23/59, "Bahamas Registers of Liberated Africans," 20 Jul. 1812, f. 43-59; The National Archives, UK, CO 23/59, "An Annual Report of Africans received, enlisted, entered, apprenticed, and otherwise disposed of by the Honorable A. Murray Collector of His Majesty's Customs for the Port of New Providence in the Bahamas," 1809 - 31 Dec. 1811, f. 113-126; "Appendix 1: Reports of Liberated African Arrivals in the Bahamas from Governors' Correspondence," and "Appendix 2: Reports of Liberated African Arrivals in Trinidad from Governors' Correspondence," in Rosanne Marion Adderley, “New Negroes from Africa:” Slave Trade Abolition and Free African Settlement in the Nineteenth-Century Caribbean (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006), 241-248. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | -8610173.939114 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | 2890547.513592 |
| 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. | West 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 | Off New Providence |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | |
| Captain | Webb |
| 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. | 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 | The Bahamas |