Courts & Cases

From HMS Tartar

In 1819, 1 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-30 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown.

Case Details
UID LA-E-30
Case Name From HMS Tartar
Year 1819
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 1
Liberated Africans Total 1
Registered Total 1
Notes
Sources Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, #12108; "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-30
Case Name From HMS Tartar
Departure from Africa
Date
Region West Africa (unspecified)
Place A Coruña
Enslaved Total 1
Capture
Date
Location
Navy Britain
Ship Tartar
Captain
Supporting Ships
Trial
Sentence Date 1819-05-06
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 1
Registered 1
People Details
UI Name Age Sex Height (ft)
VI015939 Husseree 10 View Details
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