City of Norfolk

In 1860, 562 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-3648 occurred via the Capitanía General de la Isla de Cuba, Havana

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3648
Case Name City of Norfolk
Year 1860
Government Department Ministerio de Ultramar, Reino de España
Court Capitanía General de la Isla de Cuba, Havana
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 987
Liberated Africans Total 562
Registered Total 0
Notes
Sources "Statement of the Number of Slaves landed, and Proportion captured, in the Island of Cuba," 1 Oct. 1860 - 30 Sep. 1861, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, and Loanda... 1860,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 47 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 18; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 4366.
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Event Details
X Capture -8958072.749744
Y Capture 2658228.424765
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 Ouidah
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1860-10-03
Location Cay Bahia de Cadiz
Navy Spain
Ship Isabel Francisca
Captain
Supporting Ships
Sentence Date 1860-12-14
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
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