In 1899, 11 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-2680 occurred via the Persian Gulf Station, Basaidu
| RegID | LA-E-2680 |
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| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1899 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Persian Gulf Station, Basaidu |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 11 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 11 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | A batch of eleven slaves recently imported, three of whom were manumitted by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf [at Basaidu] and sent here [in Muscat] for repatriation [to Africa], was despatched in a buglah to Zanzibar to the care of Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Zanzibar on 2nd February 1900, under the orders of the Government of Indian, with a view to their being employed on plantation work there. In March [1904], the Resident visited the small community of freed Negroes voluntarily domiciled at Bassidu, and found them quite contented with their lot. Not one of them was willing to leave the station. They have built themselves huts within our limits and many of them cultivate a small plot of ground, and, if their means are small and their life frugal, they are at all events free from any sort of worry and oppression. |
| Sources | 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," 1899-1900, f. 224; 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," 1904-05, f. 290. |
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| 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. | |
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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. | 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 | Basaidu |