A List of all Negroes in Charge of the Collector of Customs

In 1819, 9 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-186 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Dominica

Case Details
RegID LA-E-186
Case Name A List of all Negroes in Charge of the Collector of Customs
Year 1819
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Dominica
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 9
Liberated Africans Total 9
Registered Total 9
Notes Register of people who were seized under illegal importation. Not entirely clear if African or Creole.
Sources The National Archives, UK, CO 71/63, "A List of all Negroes in Charge of the Collector of Customs at this Port who have been forfeited to His Majesty by force of sundry Acts of Parliament passed for the Abolition of the Slave Trade," 31 Dec. 1824, (no folio numbers in this volume); The National Archives, UK, CO 71/75, "An Account of the total number of Captured Negroes, liberated in the Island, under the charge of the Collector," 21 Sep. 1832, (no folio numbers in this volume).
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Event Details

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X Capture -6833431.712460
Y Capture 1723711.731851
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. West Africa (unspecified)
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 Dominica
Navy Britain
Ship
Captain
Supporting Ships
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. Caribbean
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 Dominica
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