In 1841, 473 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-3108 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope
| RegID | LA-E-3108 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Anna |
| Year | 1841 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 522 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 473 |
| Registered Total | 148 |
| Notes | In 1841, HMS Acorn intercepted the Anna, which was carrying six hundred slaves, probably to Salvador. Eighty died soon after detention. British authorities at Rio arranged the transfer of 470 to the Crescent, 150 of whom then passed to the Arrow, which crossed the Atlantic. The Collector of Customs at Cape Town eventually registered 148 of these people. The return states "470 of these Slaves were placed on board H.M.S. Crescent, at Rio de Janeiro. The vessel was afterwards sent to the Capte for adjudication. |
| Sources | "A Return of all Vessels, their Names and Tonnage, Captured (on suspicion of being engaged in Slave Trade)," 1840-1848, in “Report from the Select Committe of the House of Lords, Appointed to Consider the best Means which Great Britain can adopt for the final Extinction of the African Slave Trade... Session 1850,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 6 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 212-228; "Return of all Vessels captured on suspicion of being engaged in Slave Trade, and adjudicated by the Vice-Admiralty Court at the Cape of Good Hope," 24 Aug. 1839 - 30 Sep. 1839, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, Luanda, and the Cape Verd Islands... 1849,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 37 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 221-225; Jake Christopher Richards, "Anti-Slave-Trade Law, ‘Liberated Africans’ and the State in the South Atlantic World, C.1839–1852," Past & Present 241, 1 (2018): 79–219; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 3140. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | -2282049.5612621084 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -2092244.0674739666 |
| 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 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 | A Coruña |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1841-08-17 |
| Location | 18°28'0" S., 20°30'0" W. |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Acorn |
| 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. | Southern 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 | Cape Town |