In 1879, 446 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 12, Case ID LA-E-1449 occurred via the Répertoire des Libérations, Sénégal
| RegID | LA-E-1449 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Registres à Sénégal |
| Year | 1879 |
| Government Department | Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Republique Française |
| Court | Répertoire des Libérations, Sénégal |
| Trial Outcome | Asylum |
| Enslaved Total | 446 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 446 |
| Registered Total | 446 |
| Notes | The Senegal Liberations Project seeks to analyze a register of slave liberations in Senegal between 1857 and May held at the National Archives of Senegal. This source consists of twenty record books which contain evidence of 28,000 liberations. While the format of entry changed over time, the colonial government used the following general system: the date, identification number assigned to that specific liberation, name of enslaved person, place of birth, age, place of liberation within the colony of Senegal, and name and position of the colonial administrator who authorized the liberation. The official governmental document of liberations was conducted across different districts. The registry is thus a compilation of liberations. We can therefore assume that officials in different regions of the colony transmitted their records of liberations to a central office, most likely in either Native Affairs or Judicial Affairs. This may account for the disproportionate representation of colonial officials in Dakar who are listed as authorizing liberations, at least between 1894-1903. This data is placeholder for when a more complete transcription is released. |
| Sources | Archives Nationales du Sénégal, Atelier de microfilm, Annexe (2020), Répertoire 1857-1904, 7 microfilm reels. For digital copies see Stanford Libraries https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5185180; "Data on freed slaves, 1868 to 1888," in Martin A. Klein, Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), 72; "Slave Liberations in Senegal, 1868-1895," in Trevor R. Getz, Slavery and Reform in West Africa: Toward Emancipation in Nineteenth-Century Senegal and the Gold Coast (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004), 151; Joshua Goodwin, Richard Roberts, and Rebecca Wall, "Preliminary Analysis of the Registers of Slave Liberation in Colonial Senegal, 1857-1903," Esclavage et Post-Esclavage 5 (2021): 1-25. |
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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 Savanna |
| 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 | |
| Navy | |
| Ship | |
| Captain | |
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| Sentence Date | |
| 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. | Western Savanna |
| 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 | Sénégal |