Mia
Person Details
| UID | VI001406 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-3851 |
| Case Name | Esperança |
| Register Date | |
| Year | 1810 |
| Recaptive Number | 744 |
| Person Name | Mia |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | |
| Modern Name Interpretation | Mia |
| Transcribed Age | 17 |
| Age Category | Adult (14 to 40 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | M |
| Sex | Male |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | 5'3 1/4 |
| Height (in) | 63.25 |
| Height (cm) | 160.66 |
| Physical Characteristics | Scarification, Dented |
| Transcribed Description | Large scar above left knee. dent above left hip |
| Digits | |
| Disposal | Apprenticed to James Willy Apr 26t 1810 Mauner |
| Language Association | Mende |
| Documented African Nation | |
| Possible Dialect |
Travel & Court Related Information
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Court Condemned | Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown |
| Embarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Embarkation Port | Sherbro |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
| Capture Ship | Crocodile |
| Capture Date | 1810-04-23 |
| Arrival Date | 1810-05-10 |
| Sentence Date | 1810-05-14 |
| Intended Destination Region | Cuba |
| Secondary Migration | England |
| Post Disembarkation | Lancaster |
| Specific Location |
Archival & Source Data
| Source | CO267/31; Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 732-822 |
|---|---|
| Digitization | Endangered Archives Programme, 2009. “Before the War, After the War: Preserving History in Sierra Leone,” British Library. Available online: https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP284; Endangered Archives Programme, 2011. “Nineteenth Century Documents of the Sierra Leone Public Archives,” British Library. Available online: https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP443. Padraic Scanlan donated materials from CO267. |
| Transcription | SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2024) |
| Name Interpreter | SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2024) |
| Digital Archivists | |
| Voyage ID (Slave Voyages) | V7619 |
| Researcher Notes |