In 1844, 56 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-447 occurred via the British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission, Cape of Good Hope
| RegID | LA-E-447 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | União |
| Year | 1844 |
| Government Department | Courts of Mixed Commission |
| Court | British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission, Cape of Good Hope |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 56 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 56 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | |
| Sources | "A Return of all Vessels, their Names and Tonnage, Captured (on suspicion of being engaged in Slave Trade)," 1840-1848, in “Report from the Select Committe of the House of Lords, Appointed to Consider the best Means which Great Britain can adopt for the final Extinction of the African Slave Trade... Session 1850,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 6 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 212-228; J.P. van Niekerk, "British, Portuguese, and American Judges in Adderley Street: The International Legal Background To and Some Judicial Aspects of the Cape Town Mixed Commissions for the Suppression of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century (Part 3)," The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 37, no. 3 (2004): 423-424. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 4246838.573763386 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -2180461.586988878 |
| 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. | East Central 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 | Quelimane |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1844-07-29 |
| Location | 19°13'0" S., 38°9'0" E.; At anchor off Quelimane |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Helena |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships | Bittern |
| Sentence Date | 1844-09-20 |
| Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1844-09-17 |
| 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. | Southern 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 | Cape Town |