In 1887, 20 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-2207 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Muscat
| RegID | LA-E-2207 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1887 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Muscat |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 21 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 20 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | About 200 dhows were met and boarded, but only one vessel was found carrying slaves. This dhow, which had twenty-one slaves on board. It was captured by Her Majesty's Ship Woodlark on 16th June and brought in for adjudication. It was condemned and the slaves released. Most of the other dhows examined were found to be in ballast, and accounted for by saying that they had landed their cargoes further south at Socotra, Makallah, &c. This was probably the truth, and it is more than probable that in many instances the cargoes consisted chiefly of slaves. |
| Sources | British Library, India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/709, in Qatar Digital Library, "E. Mockler to British Political Agency and Consulate," 21 May 1887, f. 21; British Library, India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/709, in Qatar Digital Library, "Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency," 1886-87, f. 60; 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); The National Archives, UK, Admiralty, 53/12849. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | |
|---|---|
| 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. | East 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. | 1887-06-16 |
| Location | |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Woodlark |
| 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. | Middle East |
| 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 | Muscat |