Courts & Cases

Esperança Fortuna

In 1817, 408 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-3883 occurred via the Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown.

Case Details
UID LA-E-3883
Case Name Esperança Fortuna
Year 1817
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 457
Liberated Africans Total 408
Registered Total 408
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: 7677.
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-3883
Case Name Esperança Fortuna
Departure from Africa
Date
Region Western Bight
Place Ouidah
Enslaved Total 457
Capture
Date 1817-01-17
Location
Navy Britain
Ship Cherub
Captain William Fisher
Supporting Ships
Trial
Sentence Date 1817-05-09
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Trial Outcome Condemned
Date 1817-04-24
Region Rivers of West Africa
Place Freetown
Liberated Africans 408
Registered 408
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