In 1826, 58 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-3768 occurred via the British and Spanish Court of Mixed Commission, Havana
| RegID | LA-E-3768 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Fingal |
| Year | 1826 |
| Government Department | Courts of Mixed Commission |
| Court | British and Spanish Court of Mixed Commission, Havana |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 61 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 58 |
| Registered Total | 58 |
| Notes | This Spanish schooner, under the command of Dionisio Urquijo, began its voyage at Havana and set sail for Cape Mount on 1 February 1825. In total, 61 people boarded this slave ship and 3 individuals died during the middle passage. On 3 February 1826, the HMS sloop Ferret, under the command of Captain Hobson, detained this vessel because she ran aground near Salt Key off the coast of Cuba around 22°12'0" N. and 75°46'0" W. To avoid persecution, Dionisio Urquijo and his crew claimed they did not take people from Africa directly, rather on the high seas they described how "they fell in with a French Brig which obliged them to receive on board sixty one [people]." On 20 February 1826, the court proved this improbable story false and condemned the ship for sale. It also issued emancipation certificates for 58 people. |
| Sources | "Abstract of the Evidence in the Case of the Spanish Schooner Fingal," 15 Mar. 1826, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, the Havannah, Rio de Janeiro, and Surinam, relating to the Slave Trade, 1827,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 11 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 108-110; Henry B. Lovejoy, “The Registers of Liberated Africans of the Havana Slave Trade Commission: Implementation and Policy, 1824-1841,” Slavery & Abolition 37, no. 1 (2016): 23-44; Henry B. Lovejoy, “The Registers of Liberated Africans of the Havana Slave Trade Commission: Transcription Methodology and Statistical Analysis,” African Economic History 38 (2010): 107-135; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 558. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | -8434306.752437027 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | 2535554.6198507366 |
| 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. | Rivers of West Africa |
| 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 | Cape Mount |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1826-02-03 |
| Location | 22°12'0" N., 75°46'0" W. |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Ferrett |
| Captain | Hobson |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | 1826-02-20 |
| 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 |