Boa Sorte

In 1815, 61 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-3858 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3858
Case Name Boa Sorte
Year 1815
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 68
Liberated Africans Total 61
Registered Total 57
Notes
Sources 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); SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 7637.
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Event Details
X Capture 935755.685755
Y Capture 522460.375234
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. Eastern 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 Calabar
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1815-03-24
Location River Calabar
Navy Britain
Ship Cornus
Captain Tailor
Supporting Ships
Sentence Date 1815-08-21
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. 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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