In 1814, 41 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 1, Case ID LA-E-113 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope
| RegID | LA-E-113 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Virgine |
| Year | 1814 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 41 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 41 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Return shows name of vessel or numbers seized on shore, as well as gender distributions (if known), by what court condemned and date of condemnation. List includes captured ships without people on board. Summary of totals provided at end of document. |
| Sources | National Archives, Mauritius, Commission of Eastern Enquiry Papers, IB 25/60, "Return of Vessels & Negroes captured at Sea, and Negroes seized on shore, & condemned in the Vice Admiralty Court at the Cape of Good Hope, and the Colonial & Vice Admiralty Court at Mauritius," 1808 - 1827, (no folio numbers in this volume). Digital copies of this record provided by Satyendra Peerthum (2022); Matthew S. Hopper "Liberated Africans in Indian Ocean Spreadsheet" (donated to Liberated Africans in 2018); Matthew S. Hopper, “Liberated Africans in the Indian Ocean World,” in Richard Anderson, and Henry B. Lovejoy, Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807-1896 (Rochester: Rochester University Press, 2020), 215-237; Matthew S. Hopper, Slaves of One Master: Globalization and Slavery in Arabia in the Age of Empire (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015). |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 2010961.548215 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -4054300.037583 |
| Ship Status | Liberated Africans |
| Date of departure from a place or port in Africa generally following the purchase of enslaved people. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | East Central Africa |
| Place or port of departure from Africa, if known. A controlled vocabulary for place names are associated with geographic coordinates using Google Maps Global Mercator EPSG:900913. See https://epsg.io/transform#s_srs=4326&t_srs=900913&x=NaN&y=NaN | |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Location | Cape |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1814-04-30 |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Region of arrival around the world. Required field. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. Other regions outside of Africa include, Western Europe, East Coast of North America, etc. | Southern Africa |
| Place or port of arrival around the world. Required field. A controlled vocabulary for place names are associated with geographic coordinates using Google Maps Global Mercator EPSG:900913. See https://epsg.io/transform#s_srs=4326&t_srs=900913&x=NaN&y=NaN | Cape Town |