In 1841, 4 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 3, Case ID LA-E-406 occurred via the British Consular Court, Tunis
| RegID | LA-E-406 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Four slaves |
| Year | 1841 |
| Government Department | Consular Courts |
| Court | British Consular Court, Tunis |
| Trial Outcome | Asylum |
| Enslaved Total | 4 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 4 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Four slaves fled to the house of D. Santillana, the British vice-consul in Sousse, on account of the cruelty of their masters. Reade brought the matter to the attention of Ahmad Bey.81 This case provided the necessary pretext for Ahmad to enforce his antislavery program in the public sphere. Ahmad instructed Reade to summon the slaves to the bey’s court to present their complaints before the divan. Determined to use this incident to reach out to the public, Ahmad assured Reade, “their case would be used as a public lesson (tarbiya li al-'Amat) to enforce in the most vigilant manner the regulations, which had been established to eradicate slavery in the Regency.” Reade complied with Ahmad’s request, but when the slaves were sent to the bey’s court, Reade thought it necessary to retain one of the female slaves because she had a fractured limb, the result of the severe punishment inflicted by her master. |
| Sources | Ismael M. Montana, The Abolition of Slavery in Ottoman Tunisia (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2013), 92. |
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| X Capture | |
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| Y Capture | |
| Ship Status | Unknown |
| 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. | Northwest 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 | Tunis |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
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| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1841-10 |
| 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. | Northwest 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 | Sousse |