In 1850, 10 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 12, Case ID LA-E-509 occurred via the Gouvernement General de l'Algerie
| RegID | LA-E-509 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Ten slave girls |
| Year | 1850 |
| Government Department | Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Republique Française |
| Court | Gouvernement General de l'Algerie |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 10 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 10 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Al-Mukhtar b. ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Ganduzi, a Moroccan merchant from Figuig (a town on the border with Algeria), traded regularly in Tlemcen. In 1850, he brought ten black female slaves to Tlemcen for private sale – public sales were forbidden by the colonial authorities. But the French justice of the peace, Mr. Perez, was informed of the arrival of these slaves and without alerting General de brigade Mac Mahon,26 he confiscated them and entrusted them to the care of the inhabitants of the city. Apparently, this action did not sit well with the military administration that intended to delay the implementation of the abolition decree. |
| Sources | Yacine Daddi Addoun, "L'Abolition De l'Esclavage En Algérie: 1816-1871" (Ph.D. thesis, York University, 2010), 230; Chouki El Hamel, Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam (Cambridge University Press, 2012), 246. |
| Cite as |
| 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. | Western Sahara Desert |
| 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 | Tuat |
| Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known. | |
| Location | |
| Navy | |
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| 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. | 1850-07-13 |
| 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 | Tlemcen |