In 1861, 90 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-4704 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope
| RegID | LA-E-4704 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | LA5240 |
| Year | 1861 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Cape of Good Hope |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 99 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 90 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | 99 enslaved on board, two boys and one woman were handed over to H.M.'s Counsul at Zanzibar, two deserted on the night of capture, and four died on board; the remaining 90 went to Seychelles and delivered over to the Civil Commissioner of that Settlement. |
| Sources | "Report of Cases in the Vice Admiralty Court," 5 Nov. 1861, in “Class A. Correspondence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, and Loanda... 1861,” in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 47 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 12-13. |
| Cite as |
| X Capture | 4385058.547921 |
|---|---|
| Y Capture | -521074.221054 |
| 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 | |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | 1861-03-22 |
| Location | Off Wasseen |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Lyra |
| Captain | Oldfield |
| Supporting Ships | |
| Sentence Date | |
| 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. | Mascarenes |
| 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 | Seychelles |