Courts & Cases

Intrépida

In 1815, 245 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-3785 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown.

Case Details
UID LA-E-3785
Case Name Intrépida
Year 1815
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 252
Liberated Africans Total 245
Registered Total 176
Notes
Sources The National Archives, UK, CO 967/91, "List of Vessels adjudicated at the Court of Vice Admiralty of Sierra Leone having the number of slaves captured and emancipated," 3 Sep. 1809 - 31 Dec. 1825, large document (15 ft. long); SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 7514.
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-3785
Case Name Intrépida
Departure from Africa
Date
Region Eastern Bight
Place Calabar
Enslaved Total 252
Capture
Date 1815-03-25
Location River Calabar
Navy Britain
Ship Cornus
Captain John Tailor
Supporting Ships
Trial
Sentence Date 1815-08-08
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Date 1815-07-01
Region Rivers of West Africa
Place Freetown
Liberated Africans 245
Registered 176
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