In 1905, 5 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 3, Case ID LA-E-2802 occurred via the British Consular Court, Lengeh
| RegID | LA-E-2802 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1905 |
| Government Department | Consular Courts |
| Court | British Consular Court, Lengeh |
| Trial Outcome | Asylum |
| Enslaved Total | 5 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 5 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | No direct slave-dealing appears to take place actually in Bunder Abbas or its immediate vicinity, though slaves frequently take refuge at the Consulate on the plea that their masters wish to transfer them (at a price) to some one else. I have hear, however, from native sources, that in Persian Baluchistan owing to hard times and short commons, it has become not unusual for parents and relatives to sell their younger children and other relations, male and female, to a few men who work their export to the Arab Coast. One notorious dealer up Biyaban district and Persian Baluchistan is Mir Barkat Khan; the children are supposed to be shipped by twos and threes in native boats from the small Mekran Coast ports. It is reported that these children are most carefully coached beforehand to abscond the moment that they are ill-treated to one of our Consulates or Agencies and there claim their freedom. The tabular statement gives the numbers manumitted at this Consulate, or through its good offices. The figures [of Bunder Abbas] shown against Lingah are of those who have taken refuge at the British Agency there and whose cases have now to be referred to this Consulate [in Muscat] for the grant of manumission papers. It is not immediately clear if any of these people were African, although inputted totals are meant to represent the possibility. |
| Sources | British Library, India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/710, in Qatar Digital Library, "Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency," 1905-06, f. 20v, 38v. |
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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. | 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 | Lengeh |