Loovoongoo
Person Details
| UID | VI001814 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-3870 |
| Case Name | Amelia (a) Agent |
| Register Date | 1808 |
| Year | 1811 |
| Recaptive Number | 1575 |
| Person Name | Loovoongoo |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | |
| Modern Name Interpretation | Luvungu |
| Transcribed Age | 15 |
| Age Category | Adult (14 to 40 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | M |
| Sex | Male |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | 4'9 |
| Height (in) | 57 |
| Height (cm) | 144.78 |
| Physical Characteristics | Burned, Pitted/Pockmarked |
| Transcribed Description | Large burn left side of back: small pockmark'd: 2 burns on left calf |
| Digits | |
| Disposal | |
| Language Association | Kongo |
| 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 | West Central Africa North |
| Embarkation Port | Cabinda |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
| Capture Ship | Tigris |
| Capture Date | 1811-05-24 |
| Arrival Date | |
| Sentence Date | 1811-07 |
| Intended Destination Region | Cuba |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
| Post Disembarkation | Freetown |
| Specific Location |
Archival & Source Data
| Source | CO267/31; Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 1552-1636 |
|---|---|
| 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) | V7659 |
| Researcher Notes |