John Bell

In 1861, 390 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-3658 occurred via the Capitanía General de la Isla de Cuba, Havana

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3658
Case Name John Bell
Year 1861
Government Department Ministerio de Ultramar, Reino de España
Court Capitanía General de la Isla de Cuba, Havana
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 400
Liberated Africans Total 390
Registered Total 0
Notes The cargo was intended to be landed at Barlay, but was captured by the Spanish steamer "Don Juan de Austria"
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: 4386.
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X Capture -8547752.001995
Y Capture 2447819.393804
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. Africa (unspecified)
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
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1861-04-01
Location Manati (Nuevitas)
Navy Spain
Ship Don Juan de Austria
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.
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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