In 1902, 725 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 14, Case ID LA-E-2749 occurred via the Tribunal de Julgamento das Prezas por Tráfico de Escravatura, Moçambique
| RegID | LA-E-2749 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1902 |
| Government Department | Ministério do Ultramar, Reino de Portugal |
| Court | Tribunal de Julgamento das Prezas por Tráfico de Escravatura, Moçambique |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 725 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 725 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | In March 1902 information reached the local authorities the Portuguese cruiser San Rafael entered the Porto of Simoco and after a sharp fight captured a slaving fleet of 12 Arab dhows, liberating 725 slaves and making prisoners of about 150 of the Arab slave runners. The Arabs are still in confinement awaiting trial; but meanwhile it is known from the statements of individuals who were present and escaped capture and have since returned to Sur that most if not all the Arabs were Oman subjects and hailed from Sur and the vicinity. The foregoing incident seem to constitute sufficiently incontrovertible proof that slave running flourishes in an organised form and on a large scale and that the port of Sur continues to be, as it has been for many generations, the distributing centre for these waters. |
| 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," 1902-03, f. 264v-265; 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," 1903-04, f. 281v; The National Archives, UK, FO 54/34, "Capture of Muscat Slave Dhows by Portuguese Authorities Near Mozambique," 1902-1903, entire volume; Yusuf Abdallah al Ghailani, "The Anglo-Omani Action over the Slave Trade: 1873-1903," مجلة العلوم الإنسانية 6, no. 1 (2017): 12-34; Matthew S. Hopper, "East Africa and the End of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade," Journal of African Development 13, no. 1 (2011): 39-65. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 4526029.981977 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -1632847.798228 |
| 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. | East Central Africa |
| 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 | Samuco Bay |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1902-03-09 |
| Location | Port of Samouco, about 70 miles north of Mozambique Island, between the Lurio and Mkubare Rivers, at almost exactly 14 degrees south latitudela |
| Navy | Portugal |
| Ship | San Rafael, Libral, and Chaimite |
| 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. | Southeast Africa |
| 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 | Lourenço Marques |