Seized in the Colony
In 1809, 238 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-1 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown.
Case Details
| UID | LA-E-1 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Seized in the Colony |
| Year | 1809 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 238 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 238 |
| Registered Total | 238 |
| Notes | |
| Sources | The National Archives, UK, HCA 49/91/1, "Vessels Cargoes and Slaves Proceeded Against in the Court of Vice Admiralty at Sierra Leone," Jun. 1808 - Mar. 1817, f. 1-37; "African Names Database," in SlaveVoyages, https://www.slavevoyages.org/past/database/african-origins (accessed 2021). |
| Cite as: | Lovejoy, H. B. (2024). Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trade Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920. Past & Present, 1-69. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtae019 Chadha, K. (2024). Regenerated Identities: A Collaborative Web-based Content Management System for Digital Humanities. International Journal of Computer Applications, 186(29), 28–33. https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume186/number29/regenerated-identities-a-collaborative-web-based-content-management-system-for-digital-humanities/ |
Event Details
| UID | LA-E-1 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Seized in the Colony |
Departure from Africa
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Place | A Coruña |
| Enslaved Total | 238 |
Capture
| Date | 1808-03-24 |
|---|---|
| Location | In Sierra Leone |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | |
| Captain | John Thorpe |
| Supporting Ships |
Trial
| Sentence Date | 1809-11-06 |
|---|---|
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Date | |
| Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Place | Freetown |
| Liberated Africans | 238 |
| Registered | 238 |
People Details
| UI | Name | Age | Sex | Height (ft) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VI000395 | Tusang be Bing | 18 | Woman | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000396 | Quah | 19 | Man | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000397 | Will | 25 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000398 | Bomah | 25 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000399 | Ba Will | 31 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000400 | Jack | 25 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000401 | Joe | 29 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000402 | Shabah | 34 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000403 | Sei | 21 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000404 | Wojo | 18 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000405 | Peter or Harry | 25 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000406 | Tom | 21 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000407 | John | 31 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000408 | Tom | 22 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000409 | Will | 23 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000410 | Jimmy | 21 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000411 | Gnay | 20 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000412 | Sam | 21 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000413 | Bob | 26 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000414 | David | 27 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000415 | Peter | 21 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000416 | Zull | 25 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000417 | Sambo | 20 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000418 | Tom | 21 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000419 | Peter | 23 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000420 | Tom | 24 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000421 | Jack | 24 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000422 | John | 26 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000423 | Bob | 21 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000424 | Jack | 30 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000425 | Peter | 21 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000426 | Pompey | 16 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000427 | Da | 19 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000428 | Banna | 26 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000429 | John | 29 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000430 | W. Gray | 26 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000431 | Dandet | 26 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000432 | Tom | 31 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000433 | Quah | 19 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000434 | 21 | M | [N/D] | View Details | |
| VI000435 | Dick Wright | 27 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000436 | Thomas | 51 | M | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000437 | Joe | 12 | Boy | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000438 | William | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000439 | Joseph | 7 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000440 | Sam | 9 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000441 | Sam | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000442 | George | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000443 | Harry | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000444 | Charles | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000445 | Thomas | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000446 | John | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000447 | Tom | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000448 | Ned | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000449 | Harry | 15 | Man | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000450 | Tom | 14 | Boy | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000451 | Joe | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000452 | Joe | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000453 | George | 9 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000454 | John | 14 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000455 | Harry | 14 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000456 | Richard | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000457 | Shaw | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000458 | Will | 6 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000459 | Cieie | 9 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000460 | Tasso | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000461 | Shadra | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000462 | Shasa | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000463 | William | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000464 | Tom | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000465 | Jemmy | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000466 | Coesar | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000467 | Peter | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000468 | Henry | 7 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000469 | Joseph | 14 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000470 | David Horton | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000471 | William | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000472 | Mark | 9 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000473 | Thomas | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000474 | Doe | 13 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000475 | Tong | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000476 | Joseph | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000477 | Sande | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000478 | Sam | 9 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000479 | Sam | 12 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000480 | Charles | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000481 | Peter | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000482 | James | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000483 | Joseph | 11 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000484 | Will | 7 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000485 | Tom | 14 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000486 | Harry | 13 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000487 | Peter | 7 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000488 | Sea | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000489 | John | 10 | B | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000490 | Betsey | 11 | Woman | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000491 | Hannah | 20 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000492 | Sally | 19 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000493 | Tamar | 20 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000494 | Judith | 31 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000495 | Massi | 26 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000496 | Hannah | 24 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000497 | Maria | 30 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000498 | Betsey | 31 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000499 | Betsey | 20 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000500 | Fenny | 36 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000501 | Philis | 19 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000502 | Betsy | 21 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000503 | Satiah | 17 | W | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000504 | Mariah | 15 | Girl | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000505 | Mary | 9 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000506 | Mary | 12 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000507 | Sally | 9 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000508 | Deborah | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000509 | Jane | 9 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000510 | Boy | 10 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000511 | Mary | 13 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000512 | Jenny | 11 | Girl | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000513 | Phoebe | 10 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000514 | Sally | 8 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000515 | Coma | 13 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000516 | Mariamee | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000517 | Jenny | 9 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000518 | Betsy | 12 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000519 | Mary | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000520 | Betsey | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000521 | Betsy | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000522 | Sally | 9 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000523 | Sibby | 7 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000524 | Nancy | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000525 | Fanny | 10 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000526 | Polly | 13 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000527 | Mary | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000528 | Rachel | 8 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000529 | Hannah | 5 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000530 | Mary | 4 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000531 | Priscilla | 12 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000532 | Jenny | 9 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000533 | Mary | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000534 | Susan | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000535 | Betsy | 15 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000536 | Mary | 15 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000537 | Betsy | 12 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000538 | Nancy | 13 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000539 | Rebecca | 15 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000540 | Nancy | 13 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000541 | Pissia | 15 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000542 | Boy | 10 | Girl | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000543 | Pheasant | 11 | G | [N/D] | View Details |
| VI000544 | Maleohu | 36 | [N/D] | View Details |