Abanaba
Person Details
| UID | VI001703 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-3831 |
| Case Name | Marquis de Romana |
| Register Date | |
| Year | 1810 |
| Recaptive Number | 1414 |
| Person Name | Abanaba |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | |
| Modern Name Interpretation | |
| Transcribed Age | 12 |
| Age Category | Child (3 to 13 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | G |
| Sex | Female |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | 4'3 1/2 |
| Height (in) | 51.5 |
| Height (cm) | 130.81 |
| Physical Characteristics | Dented |
| Transcribed Description | Dent below temple, 2 large scars right hand |
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| Language Association | |
| Documented African Nation | |
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Travel & Court Related Information
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Court Condemned | Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown |
| Embarkation Region | Voltaic |
| Embarkation Port | Unknown |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
| Capture Ship | Tigris |
| Capture Date | 1810-09-02 |
| Arrival Date | |
| Sentence Date | 1810-11-21 |
| Intended Destination Region | Cuba |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
| Post Disembarkation | |
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Archival & Source Data
| Source | CO267/31; Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 1318-1418 |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Digital Archivists | |
| Voyage ID (Slave Voyages) | V7583 |
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