Simity
Person Details
| UID | VI000365 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-3803 |
| Case Name | S Joaquim |
| Register Date | 1808-11-24 |
| Year | 1808 |
| Recaptive Number | 70 |
| Person Name | Simity |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | |
| Modern Name Interpretation | |
| Transcribed Age | 7 |
| Age Category | Child (3 to 13 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | G |
| Sex | Female |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | 4'0 1/2 |
| Height (in) | 48.5 |
| Height (cm) | 123.19 |
| Physical Characteristics | Dented |
| Transcribed Description | Two Dents on the Belly |
| Digits | |
| Disposal | Apprenticed to Mary Bailey (Maroon) |
| 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 | Rivers of West Africa |
| Embarkation Port | Rio Pongo |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
| Capture Ship | Derwent |
| Capture Date | |
| Arrival Date | |
| Sentence Date | 1808-11-24 |
| Intended Destination Region | Brazil |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
| Post Disembarkation | |
| Specific Location |
Archival & Source Data
| Source | CO267/24; Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 61-74 |
|---|---|
| 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) | V7540 |
| Researcher Notes |