Belle

In 1815, 512 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-3458 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Antigua.

Case Details
UID LA-E-3458
Case Name Belle
Year 1815
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Antigua
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 512
Liberated Africans Total 512
Registered Total 512
Notes African and Cristian names, sex and to whom apprenticed. Several copies of this register exist after 1819. 80 people sent to and registered in Barbados in 1816.
Sources The National Archives, UK, CO 7/5, "Returns No. 1, 2, 3, & 4," Manumissions recorded in the Register's Office of the Island Antigua," 24 Mar. 1819, (no folio numbers in this volume); SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 34001.
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-3458
Case Name Belle
Departure from Africa
Date 1815-07-24
Region West Central Africa North
Place Ambriz
Enslaved Total 512
Capture
Date
Location
Navy Britain
Ship Barbados
Captain
Supporting Ships
Trial
Sentence Date
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Antigua
Trial Outcome Condemned
Date 1815-09-01
Region Caribbean
Place Antigua
Liberated Africans 512
Registered 512
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