In 1829, 207 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-3338 occurred via the British and Netherlands Court of Mixed Commission, Freetown
| RegID | LA-E-3338 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Jules |
| Year | 1829 |
| Government Department | Courts of Mixed Commission |
| Court | British and Netherlands Court of Mixed Commission, Freetown |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 220 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 207 |
| Registered Total | 207 |
| Notes | Le capteur avait d'abord conduit sa prise à Fernando Po, où elle était restée douze jours "sans nécessité apparente". Puis elle avait été conduite à Sierra Leone, voyage qui fait des morts parmi la cargaison. Du moins, les Noirs étaient libérés. Mais le vrai problème était dans la contradiction entre couleurs hollandaises arborées par le navire , et papiers officiels français. Les avocats de la Couronne ne savaient comment résoudre la difficulté. Ils en débattent encore en 1830, pour conclure enfin que la sentence condamnant le navire et la cargaison comme propriété hollandaise et la libération des esclaves étaient parfaitement correctes. |
| Sources | "Abstract of the Proceedings in the British and Netherland Mixed Court of Justice," 1 Jan. 1829 - 1 Jan. 1830, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, the Havannah, Rio de Janeiro, and Surinam, relating to the Slave Trade, 1829-1830,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 12 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 73; Serge Daget, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises à la Traite Illégale (1814-1850) (Nantes: Centre de Recherche sur l'Histoire du Monde Atlantique et Comité Nantais d'Études en Sciences Humaines, 1988), 498-499; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 2853.SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 2883. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 920108.563262 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | 547020.652856 |
| 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. | 1829-01-06 |
| Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. | Eastern 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 | Calabar |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1829-01-06 |
| Location | On the bar of the Old Calabar River |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Eden |
| Captain | Owen |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1829-06-24 |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1829-03-10 |
| 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. | Rivers of West 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 | Freetown |