Curiosa

In 1848, 303 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-3571 occurred via the British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission, Freetown

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3571
Case Name Curiosa
Year 1848
Government Department Courts of Mixed Commission
Court British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 337
Liberated Africans Total 303
Registered Total 0
Notes
Sources "A Return of Slave Vessels captured by Her Majesty's ship on the West of Africa," 9 Nov., 1848, 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. 34 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 278-279; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 3750.
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Event Details
X Capture 489805.75949040375
Y Capture 678469.4958333743
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. 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 Lagos
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1848-06-24
Location 6°5'0" N., 4°24'0" E.
Navy Britain
Ship Amphrite
Captain
Supporting Ships Star; Wolf
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. 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
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