San Rafael
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.
Case Details
| UID | 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: | Lovejoy, H. B. (2024). Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trade Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920. Past & Present, 1-69. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtae019 Chadha, K. (2024). Regenerated Identities: A Collaborative Web-based Content Management System for Digital Humanities. International Journal of Computer Applications, 186(29), 28–33. https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume186/number29/regenerated-identities-a-collaborative-web-based-content-management-system-for-digital-humanities/ |
Event Details
| UID | LA-E-82 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | San Rafael |
Departure from Africa
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Region | West Africa (unspecified) |
| Place | Unspecified |
| Enslaved Total | 6 |
Capture
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Location | Off New Providence |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | |
| Captain | William Webb |
| Supporting Ships |
Trial
| Sentence Date | |
|---|---|
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Bahamas |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Date | |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Place | The Bahamas |
| Liberated Africans | 6 |
| Registered | 6 |
People Details
| UI | Name | Age | Sex | Height (ft) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VI000657 | Christian | View Details | |||
| VI000658 | Thomas de Hagen | View Details | |||
| VI000659 | Dominique | View Details | |||
| VI000660 | Arron | View Details | |||
| VI000661 | Harry | View Details | |||
| VI000662 | Daniel | View Details |
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