Toccoa

In 1861, 627 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 7, Case ID LA-E-3661 occurred via the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Key West

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3661
Case Name Toccoa
Year 1861
Government Department Justice and State Departments, United States of America
Court United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Key West
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 757
Liberated Africans Total 627
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; Warren S. Howard, American Slavers and the Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkley: University of California Press, 1963), 213-223; SlaveVoyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 4399.
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Event Details
X Capture -8655717.083744
Y Capture 2544982.856025
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. West Central Africa North
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 Congo River
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1861-09-14
Location Near Cayo Cruz
Navy USA
Ship Mohawk
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. 1861-09-14
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. South Coast North America
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 Key West
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