In 1918, 4 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-3043 occurred via the Governador Geral da Provincia de Cabo Verde, Praia
| RegID | LA-E-3043 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Serviçaes* |
| Year | 1918 |
| Government Department | Ministério do Ultramar, Reino de Portugal |
| Court | Governador Geral da Provincia de Cabo Verde, Praia |
| Trial Outcome | Purchased |
| Enslaved Total | 4 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 4 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Duffy provides "statistics of serviçaes engaged for the islands of São Tomé and Principe" between 1876 and 1900. The period for 1876 and 1884 is aggregated into one total, which has been inputted as an average here. He also provided estimates for Angola, Moçambique and Cabo Verde from 1910-1915. After citing Duffy, Robert N. Nartey's dissertation has evaluated the missing years from 1900-1909. He identified how migrations from Moçambique began in 1908. En 1903, le recrutement de la main-d’oeuvre capverdienne vers São Tomé est initié. |
| Sources | James Duffy, A Question of Slavery (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967), 98, 211, and 228; Robert Nii Nartey, "From Slave to Serviçal: Labor in the Plantation Economy of São Tomé and Principe, 1876-1932" (Ph.D. thesis, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1987), 105-36; Natália Umbelina, Travail forcé dans l'archipel de São Tomé et Príncipe: Les serviçaes (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2019), 38. |
| 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. | Cabo Verde |
| 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. | |
| Location | |
| Navy | |
| Ship | |
| 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. | Gulf Islands of 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 | São Tomé |