Mademba
Person Details
| UID | VI000313 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-3802 |
| Case Name | Marie Paul |
| Register Date | 1808-11-08 |
| Year | 1808 |
| Recaptive Number | 18 |
| Person Name | Mademba |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | |
| Modern Name Interpretation | |
| Transcribed Age | 24 |
| Age Category | Adult (14 to 40 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | M |
| Sex | Male |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | 5'9 1/2 |
| Height (in) | 69.5 |
| Height (cm) | 176.53 |
| Physical Characteristics | Bruise or Wound |
| Transcribed Description | A large cut on forehead |
| Digits | |
| Disposal | Colonists and Soldiers in the Colonial Militia, at present employed in the Service by Government in cutting around to their place of settlement: have 2 acres of land each live with their wives in or temporary settlement in the neighbourhood of their employment: are distinguishable from the Colonists by being more loyal, orderly and respectful: receieve the lowest wage in the Colony (9d per day) no other Capacities. |
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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 | Western Savanna |
| Embarkation Port | Saint-Louis |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
| Capture Ship | Derwent |
| Capture Date | |
| Arrival Date | |
| Sentence Date | 1808-11-10 |
| Intended Destination Region | French Caribbean |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
| Post Disembarkation | |
| Specific Location | Public works |
Archival & Source Data
| Source | CO267/24; Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 1-60 |
|---|---|
| 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) | V7539 |
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