Courts & Cases

Lucia (a) Albert

In 1810, 130 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-3833 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown.

Case Details

UID	LA-E-3833
Case Name	Lucia (a) Albert
Year	1810
Government Department	Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court	Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome	Condemned
Enslaved Total	129
Liberated Africans Total	130
Registered Total	130
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: 7584.
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-3833
Case Name	Lucia (a) Albert

Departure from Africa

Date
Region	Rivers of West Africa
Place	Rio Pongo
Enslaved Total	129

Capture

Date	1810-08-29
Location
Navy	Britain
Ship	Tigris
Captain	Robert Bones
Supporting Ships

Trial

Sentence Date	1810-09-17
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	130
Registered	130

People Details

UI	Name	Age	Sex	Height (ft)
VI000663	Mamadee	28	M	5'6	View Details
VI000664	Balla	29	M	5'9 1/2	View Details
VI000665	Feminnee	26	M	5'10	View Details
VI000666	Samba	21	M	5'4	View Details
VI000667	Kacutta	25	M	5'3 1/4	View Details
VI000668	Kaiendee	21	M	5'5	View Details
VI000669	Bouchery	26	M	5'8	View Details
VI000670	Coley	22	M	5'6	View Details
VI000671	Mahadee	19	M	5'5 3/4	View Details
VI000672	Bara	23	M	5'6	View Details
VI000673	Nacoley	20	M	5'7	View Details
VI000674	Bara	21	M	5'4	View Details
VI000675	Nambo	22	M	5'5 1/2	View Details
VI000676	Bara	22	M	5'4	View Details
VI000677	Yemba	23	M	5'5 1/2	View Details
VI000678	Kawaleng	22	M	5'3 1/4	View Details
VI000679	Dullo	21	M	5'6	View Details
VI000680	Baree	24	M	5'7	View Details
VI000681	Bara	25	M	5'9 1/4	View Details
VI000682	Naseewang	25	M	5'6 1/2	View Details
VI000683	Baree	23	M	5'4	View Details
VI000684	Hereggu	24	M	5'6	View Details
VI000685	Yarro	30	M	5'6	View Details
VI000686	Bolong	23	M	5'5	View Details
VI000687	Queia	27	M	5'9	View Details
VI000688	Ulla Gidenso	23	M	5'4	View Details
VI000689	Brama	25	M	5'6	View Details
VI000690	Mousa	24	M	5'6 1/2	View Details
VI000691	Mansa	29	M	5'7 3/4	View Details
VI000692	Mamadee	31	M	5'10 1/4	View Details
VI000693	Bongama	36	M	5'10	View Details
VI000694	Fasulla	26	Man	5'7 1/4	View Details
VI000695	Fawanneia	25	M	5'7 1/2	View Details
VI000696	Bonnea	24	M	5'7	View Details
VI000697	Tendemusa	18	M	5'7	View Details
VI000698	Tom	27	M	5'6	View Details
VI000699	Fausaree	24	M	5'2	View Details
VI000700	Jegla	30	M	5'6	View Details
VI000701	Jazanee	23	M	5'9	View Details
VI000702	Kalee	15	M	5'1	View Details
VI000703	Fasouma	23	M	5'10 1/2	View Details
VI000704	Jama	20	M	5'5	View Details
VI000705	Tambo	16	M	5'5	View Details
VI000706	Dabe	38	M	5'6	View Details
VI000707	Samba	28	M	5'6	View Details
VI000708	Fabou	18	M	5'2	View Details
VI000709	Mamadee	25	M	5'1 1/2	View Details
VI000710	Currafa	10	M	5'3	View Details
VI000711	Saradie	15	M	4'10 1/2	View Details
VI000712	Samba	15	M	4'8	View Details
VI000713	Mulo	15	M	5'1	View Details
VI000714	Maca	14	M	4'9	View Details
VI000715	Balo	20	M	5'0 1/2	View Details
VI000716	Mula	15	M	4'11	View Details
VI000717	Kattee	14	M	4'10 1/2	View Details
VI000718	Mainsa	15	M	4'10	View Details
VI000719	Fâtâ	14	M	4'8	View Details
VI000720	Sorie	14	M	4'9	View Details
VI000721	Seaka	14	M	4'10	View Details
VI000722	Henry Wing	18	M	5'5	View Details
VI000723	Tennama	10	Boy	4'2	View Details
VI000724	Jeddo	11	B	4'4	View Details
VI000725	Maca	10	Boy	4'3 1/2	View Details
VI000726	Coombae	10	B	4'3	View Details
VI000727	Telay	9	B	3'11	View Details
VI000728	Fassellee	10	B	4'4	View Details
VI000729	Caley	11	B	4'7	View Details
VI000730	Sedekee	11	B	4'5 1/2	View Details
VI000731	Mermencan	9	B	4'4	View Details
VI000732	Baradee	9	B	4'2	View Details
VI000733	Quaseba	8	B	4'2	View Details
VI000734	Era	8	B	4'4	View Details
VI000735	Fala	10	B	4'0	View Details
VI000736	Cassia	7	B	4'1 1/2	View Details
VI000737	Cassia	9	B	4'4	View Details
VI000738	Era	10	B	4'6	View Details
VI000739	Saada	9	B	4'2	View Details
VI000740	Samba	9	B	4'2	View Details
VI000741	Timosanny	8	B	4'3	View Details
VI000742	Nyassamy	11	B	4'7	View Details
VI000743	Fasuma	9	B	4'2	View Details
VI000744	Tomara	10	B	4'7 1/2	View Details
VI000745	Era	7	B	4'0	View Details
VI000746	Sara	6	B	3'9 1/4	View Details
VI000747	Facaltee	9	B	4'2	View Details
VI000748	Fara	8	B	3'9 1/2	View Details
VI000749	Sara	8	B	3'10 1/2	View Details
VI000750	Allevelta	6	B	3'9	View Details
VI000751	Junto	7	B	4'1	View Details
VI000752	Tomaney	5	B	3'8	View Details
VI000753	Kabilla	6	B	3'9	View Details
VI000754	Bouchary	9	B	4'3	View Details
VI000755	Fatima	32	Woman	5'2	View Details
VI000756	Feniaara	35	W	5'6	View Details
VI000757	Mandama	16	W	5'3 3/4	View Details
VI000758	Sera	25	W	5'2 1/2	View Details
VI000759	Sera	26	W	5'0	View Details
VI000760	Fata	24	W	4'11	View Details
VI000761	Corta	20	W	5'5	View Details
VI000762	Fera	34	W	5'2 1/4	View Details
VI000763	F	24	W	5'0	View Details
VI000764	Fatima	24	W	5'2 1/4	View Details
VI000765	Tenna	22	W	4'10	View Details
VI000766	Mauntee	30	W	5'0	View Details
VI000767	Nancy	15	W	4'10 1/2	View Details
VI000768	Jamang	31	W	5'3	View Details
VI000769	Korlahee	25	W	5'4	View Details
VI000770	Cumeeda	15	W	5'2	View Details
VI000771	Wourie	14	W	4'11	View Details
VI000772	Maria	14	W	4'10	View Details
VI000773	Kater	8	G	4'1	View Details
VI000774	Wafaee	9	G	4'6	View Details
VI000775	Fatima	8	G	4'2	View Details
VI000776	Marne	7	G	4'0	View Details
VI000777	Saabater	8	G	4'3	View Details
VI000778	Coosieto	8	G	[N/D]	View Details
VI000779	Penda	8	G	4'4	View Details
VI000780	Fatima	10	G	4'3	View Details
VI000781	Coomba	10	G	4'6	View Details
VI000782	Coomba	9	G	4'2	View Details
VI000783	Satta	9	G	4'2 1/2	View Details
VI000784	Fatima	9	G	4'4	View Details
VI000785	Cookafo	9	G	4'4	View Details
VI000786	Tennay	8	G	4'2 1/2	View Details
VI000787	Couraanna	11	G	4'7	View Details
VI000788	Similly	10	G	4'4	View Details
VI000789	Sera	8	G	4'5	View Details
VI000790	Gabou	12	G	4'10	View Details
VI000791	Fanda	11	G	4'6	View Details

List of Source(s)

Source Details

UID (Sources): LA-OB-9
Year: 1810
Case Name Associator: Lucia or Albert
Title: Names, description and disposal of Liberated Africans received into the colony of Sierra Leone from the American Brig La Lucia
Creator: Unspecified
Creator Title: Unspecified
Description: Register of 130 people
Publisher: British Library Endangered Archive Programme (Projects Numbers: EAP284, EAP443, EAP782)
Contributor: Unspecified
Court: Court of Vice Admiralty, Sierra Leone
Date Original: 1810-04-09
Date Range: Unspecified
Language: English
Date Digital: 2010-2016
Resource Type: Text
Source: Sierra Leone Public Archives, SLR358-487
Rights Management: See Rights Management and Use Permissions section at liberatedafricans.org
Contributing Institution: University of Colorado Boulder; York University; University of Worcester; MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences at Michigan State University; The British Library
Object Type: Register
Event Associator: V7585
Researcher: Lovejoy, Henry B.
Notes: Unspecified
African Region: West Africa
Africa Project: Sierra Leone Public Archive
File_Name: 1810-04-09 Lucia or Albert V7585 SLR358-487.pdf
Format: PDF