In 1838, 289 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 4, Case ID LA-E-3111 occurred via the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Rio de Janeiro
| RegID | LA-E-3111 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Flor de Luanda |
| Year | 1838 |
| Government Department | Courts of Mixed Commission |
| Court | British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Rio de Janeiro |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 321 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 289 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | |
| Sources | "Return of Brazilian Vessels adjudicated by the British and Brazilian Mixed Commission, established at Rio de Janeiro", 1 Jan. 1838 - 5 Jul. 1838, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, the Havannah, Rio de Janeiro, and Surinam, relating to the Slave Trade, May 1 1838 - Feb. 2, 1839,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 16 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 184; "Tabla 1: Apreensões e emancipação de grupos de africanos livres no Brasil (1821-56)," in Beatriz Gallotti Mamigonian, Africanos livres: A abolição do tráfico de escravos no Brasil (São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2017), 567-590; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 1722. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | -4778157.538437 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -2633048.806139 |
| 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. | West Central Africa North |
| 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 | Cabinda |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1838-04-13 |
| Location | Ilhas Maricá, Rio de Janeiro |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Rover |
| Captain | Eden |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1838-05-15 |
| 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. | East Coast South America |
| 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 | Rio de Janeiro |