Diligente

In 1815, 29 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 1, Case ID LA-E-3852 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3852
Case Name Diligente
Year 1815
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 33
Liberated Africans Total 29
Registered Total 22
Notes Went to appeal at High Court of Vice Admiralty.
Sources The National Archives, UK, HCA 49/91/1, "Vessels Cargoes and Slaves Proceeded Against in the Court of Vice Admiralty at Sierra Leone," Jun. 1808 - Mar. 1817, f. 1-37; The National Archives, UK, CO 967/91, "List of Vessels adjudicated at the Court of Vice Admiralty of Sierra Leone having the number of slaves captured and emancipated," 3 Sep. 1809 - 31 Dec. 1825, large document (15 ft. long); The National Archives, UK, HCA/42/400/323, "Court of Vice Admiralty Sierra Leone: Examination of Vicente Alfonzo," 8 May 1815, f. 12-15; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 7621.
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Event Details
X Capture -1094578.245044
Y Capture 601808.262158
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. Forests 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 Sestos
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1815-03-19
Location Off the Sister's at Trade Town; off a place called Mamia on the Windward Coast; close to the River Sestos
Navy Britain
Ship Ulysses
Captain Brent
Supporting Ships
Sentence Date 1815-06-24
Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1815-04-07
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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