Courts & Cases

Ursule

In 1822, 222 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-3308 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown.

Case Details
UID LA-E-3308
Case Name Ursule
Year 1822
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 247
Liberated Africans Total 222
Registered Total 201
Notes Iphigenia were advancing, under British colours, towards two Spanish schooners, the Vecua and Icanam, at anchor in the River Bonny, and suspected of trafficking in Slaves; when a most unjustifiable attack was commenced on them by the schooners, supported by the fire of three vessels under the French flag, La Vigilante, La petite Betsy, and L'Ursule, which were then at anchor near the Vecua and Icanam.
Sources "Canning to Stuart," 30 Sep. 1822, in “Class A. Correspondence with foreign powers, relative to the slave trade," 1822-1823, in T. P. O'Neill, T. F. Turley, et al., eds., Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vol. 9 (Shannon: Irish University Press, 1968-1969), 125-126; Serge Daget, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises à la Traite Illégale (1814-1850) (Nantes: Centre de Recherche sur l'Histoire du Monde Atlantique et Comité Nantais d'Études en Sciences Humaines, 1988), 263-264; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 2733.
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-3308
Case Name Ursule
Departure from Africa
Date 1822-04-15
Region Eastern Bight
Place Bonny
Enslaved Total 247
Capture
Date 1822-05-02
Location At anchor near the Vecua and Icanam
Navy Britain
Ship Iphigenie
Captain
Supporting Ships Myrmidon
Trial
Sentence Date 1822-05-24
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Date 1822-05-02
Region Rivers of West Africa
Place Freetown
Liberated Africans 222
Registered 201
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