In 1864, 5 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-875 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Zanzibar
| RegID | LA-E-875 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1864 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Zanzibar |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 57 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 5 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | On the night of the 14th instant, I received information that a dhow had surreptitiously embarked a cargo of slaves and was just starting for Arabia. There was no time to communicate with His Highness the Sultan, but I despatched a messenger to his Secretary requesting that the vessel might be seized. A party of soldiers was immediately sent, and these, with my messenger, got into the first boat they found on the beach and gave chase. In a few hours she was overtaken and brought back to Zanzibar. She was found to contain 57 slaves, many of them kidnapped from people in the town. His Highness freed five of the most promising children and sent them to he educated at Bishop Tozer’s mission, the remainder he confiscated, and the dhow was taken opposite to my windows and burnt. |
| Sources | British Library, India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/CA5, in Qatar Digital Library, "Playfair to Secretary to the Government of Bombay," 30 Sep. 1864, f. 81. |
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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. | |
| 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. | 1864-09-30 |
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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. | |
| 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. | East Coast of 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 | Zanzibar |