In 1910, 10 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-2959 occurred via the British Consular Court, Muscat
| RegID | LA-E-2959 |
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| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Year | 1910 |
| Government Department | Consular Courts |
| Court | British Consular Court, Muscat |
| Trial Outcome | Asylum |
| Enslaved Total | 16 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 10 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | During the year 1910 forty-nine persons applied for manumission certificates either for themselves or for their relatives or both, and two sought relief against being enslaved. The latter were given letters by the Sultan to the local Walis to secure protection for them. Fifty-four persons, including children, were manumitted during the year, 22 of whom were rescued through the good offices of this Agency; 6 of these, however, having obtained their freedom from His Highness, did not come to receive their manumission certificates. One applicant whose master was a French Protege was sent to the French Consul who gave him a certificate equivalent to a freedom paper. In four cases the applicants left the Agency premises when their cases were under investigation, and in seven other cases the applicants were proved either not entitled to freedom or went back to their masters under suitable guarantees. Of the 49 applicants 16 were Africans of whom 10 were freed. The rest were all Baluchis of Mekran. The traffic in Mekranis appears to be on the increase, if anything, and by far the larger proportion of refugee slaves who come to this Agency are now Mekranis. |
| 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," 1910, f. 286v. |
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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 | Muscat |