In 1879, 78 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-1380 occurred via the Gold Coast Constabulary, Accra
| RegID | LA-E-1380 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | 78 Hausa |
| Year | 1879 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Gold Coast Constabulary, Accra |
| Trial Outcome | Purchased |
| Enslaved Total | 78 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 78 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Glover recruited runaway slaves for his Hausa force in Lagos, a practice he continued in Accra in 1873, buying slaves at £5 a head, until told cease by a disapproving Colonial Office worried at the likely consequences of the practice becoming public knowledge in Britain. When the Hausa Armed Police became the Gold Coast Constabulary in 1879 the majority of the 800 rank and file were former slaves... Regular recruiting expeditions sought Hausa from several directions: Lagos, its hinterland and the middle Niger valley... Hausa zongos (settlements) on the Gold Coast... [and] the northern interior of the Cold Coast... The first attempt to augment the Hausa force was mid-1877. An expedition to Lagos sought a hundred recruits but only gained thirty-six. A further expedition 1879, to Nupe, on the northern shore of the Niger, with plans to secure 260 Hausa, brought back seventy-eight. Attempts were then made to recruit in the northern hinterland of the Gold Coast, in the region of Salaga... three recruiting expeditions in 1880, 1881-82 and 1887, proved less successful than expected. Few of the recruits were genuine volunteers, most being escaped or manumitted slaves. Most deserted on the long trek back to the coast. |
| Sources | David Killinggray, "Guarding the Extending Frontier: Policing the Gold Coast, 1865-1913," in David M. Anderson and David Killingray, eds. Policing the Empire: Government, Authority, and Control, 1830-1940 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991), 116-120. |
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| X Capture | |
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| Y Capture | |
| Ship Status | Unknown |
| 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. | Western Bight |
| 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 | Lagos |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1879-02-05 |
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| 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. | Voltaic |
| 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 | Accra |