Madu
Person Details
| UID | VI003208 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-4 |
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Register Date | |
| Year | 1812 |
| Recaptive Number | 2248 |
| Person Name | Madu |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | |
| Modern Name Interpretation | |
| Transcribed Age | 35 |
| Age Category | Adult (14 to 40 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | M |
| Sex | Male |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | 5'6 |
| Height (in) | 66 |
| Height (cm) | 157.48 |
| Physical Characteristics | Scarification, Dented |
| Transcribed Description | Curious scar on forehead, scarred ea cheek; dent ea cheek |
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| Language Association | |
| 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 | Forests of West Africa |
| Embarkation Port | Cape Lahou |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
| Capture Ship | |
| Capture Date | |
| Arrival Date | |
| Sentence Date | 1812-12-20 |
| Intended Destination Region | |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
| Post Disembarkation | Freetown |
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Archival & Source Data
| Source | Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 2214-2352 |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Transcription | SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2024) |
| Name Interpreter | |
| Digital Archivists | |
| Voyage ID (Slave Voyages) | V60007 |
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