Constance
In 1819, 2 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-189 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Mauritius.
Case Details
| UID | LA-E-189 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Constance |
| Year | 1819 |
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Mauritius |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Enslaved Total | 2 |
| Liberated Africans Total | 2 |
| Registered Total | 0 |
| Notes | Return shows name of vessel or numbers seized on shore, as well as gender distributions (if known), by what court condemned and date of condemnation. List includes captured ships without people on board. Summary of totals provided at end of document. |
| Sources | National Archives, Mauritius, Commission of Eastern Enquiry Papers, IB 25/60, "Return of Vessels & Negroes captured at Sea, and Negroes seized on shore, & condemned in the Vice Admiralty Court at the Cape of Good Hope, and the Colonial & Vice Admiralty Court at Mauritius," 1808 - 1827, (no folio numbers in this volume). Digital copies of this record provided by Satyendra Peerthum (2022); Matthew S. Hopper "Liberated Africans in Indian Ocean Spreadsheet" (donated to Liberated Africans in 2018); Matthew S. Hopper, “Liberated Africans in the Indian Ocean World,” in Richard Anderson, and Henry B. Lovejoy, Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807-1896 (Rochester: Rochester University Press, 2020), 215-237; Matthew S. Hopper, Slaves of One Master: Globalization and Slavery in Arabia in the Age of Empire (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015). |
| 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-189 |
|---|---|
| Case Name | Constance |
Departure from Africa
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Region | East Central Africa |
| Place | Unspecified |
| Enslaved Total | 2 |
Capture
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Location | Port Louis Harbor |
| Navy | Britain |
| Ship | Liverpool |
| Captain | |
| Supporting Ships |
Trial
| Sentence Date | 1819-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
| Court | Court of Vice Admiralty, Mauritius |
| Trial Outcome | Condemned |
| Date | |
| Region | Mascarenes |
| Place | Mauritius |
| Liberated Africans | 2 |
| Registered | 0 |
People Details
| UI | Name | Age | Sex | Height (ft) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VI015928 | Duchess | View Details | |||
| VI015929 | Abraham | View Details | |||
| VI015930 | Edward | View Details | |||
| VI015931 | James Grant | View Details | |||
| VI015932 | Maria | View Details | |||
| VI015933 | Sybelle | View Details | |||
| VI015934 | Maria Joesha | View Details | |||
| VI015935 | Jaques | View Details | |||
| VI015936 | James Grant | View Details | |||
| VI015937 | June | View Details | |||
| VI015938 | Child | View Details |
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