Ciceríon (a) City of Norwich

In 1863, 1031 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 10, Case ID LA-E-3122 occurred via the Capitanía General de la Isla de Cuba, Havana

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3122
Case Name Ciceríon (a) City of Norwich
Year 1863
Government Department Ministerio de Ultramar, Reino de España
Court Capitanía General de la Isla de Cuba, Havana
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 1105
Liberated Africans Total 1031
Registered Total 0
Notes Might overlap with V464498, which is called Aguica which is a town near Colon, Cuba.
Sources "Statement of the Number of Slaves reported to have been Landed and Captured in Cuba," 1 Oct. 1863 - 30 Sep. 1864, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, and Loanda... 1864,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 49 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 59; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 4393.SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 4988.
Cite as
Event Details
X Capture -8999631.265540
Y Capture 2594707.370627
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. 1863-04-01
Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. Western Bight
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 Ouidah
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1863-11
Location Agüica
Navy Spain
Ship
Captain Arguelles
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. Caribbean
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 Havana
List of Source

No primary sources available for this case yet.