In 1822, 227 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 12, Case ID LA-E-3475 occurred via the Tribunal Maritime, Martinique
| RegID | LA-E-3475 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Amélie |
| Year | 1822 |
| Government Department | Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Republique Française |
| Court | Tribunal Maritime, Martinique |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 245 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 227 |
| Registered Total | 214 |
| Notes | Il résulte d'une lettre de M. le Gouverneur et Administrateur de la Martinique [Donzelot], en date du 15 mars 1822, que la corvette la Sapho, bâtiment du roi, a capturé le 8 février 1822, un bâtiment négrier nommé l' Amélie du port de Saint-Pierre. Ce bâtiment chargé de noirs était en si mauvais état que le commandant de la Sapho a été obligé de le faire couler après avoir recueilli l'équipage et les noirs à son bord... Une procédure vient d'être dirigée contre les armateurs et le capitaine. Le gouvernement de la Martinique avait été spécialement autorisé par le Ministre de la Marine à faire diriger sur Cayenne un certain nombre des noirs capturés sur l'Amélie". |
| Sources | 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), 218-219; Chukwuma Azuonye, "Igbo Names in the Nominal Roll of Amelié, An Early 19th Century Slave Ship from Martinique: Reconstructions, Interpretations and Inferences," African Studies Faculty Publication, Paper 8 (1990), https://scholarworks.umb.edu/africana_faculty_pubs/8/; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: V34281. |
| 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. | 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 | Bonny |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Location | |
| Navy | France |
| Ship | Sapho |
| 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. | 1822-02-06 |
| 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 | Martinique |