Becho
Person Details
| UID | VI016631 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-3145 |
| Case Name | Gazetta |
| Register Date | |
| Year | 1820 |
| Recaptive Number | |
| Person Name | Becho |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | |
| Modern Name Interpretation | Beso |
| Transcribed Age | 21 |
| Age Category | Adult (14 to 40 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | |
| Sex | Male |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | |
| Height (in) | 67.5 |
| Height (cm) | |
| Physical Characteristics | Blank |
| Transcribed Description | |
| Digits | |
| Disposal | |
| Language Association | Kissi |
| Documented African Nation | |
| Possible Dialect |
Travel & Court Related Information
| Government Department | Courts of Mixed Commission |
|---|---|
| Court Condemned | British and Spanish Court of Mixed Commission, Freetown |
| Embarkation Region | Forests of West Africa |
| Embarkation Port | Grand Bassa |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
| Capture Ship | Tartar |
| Capture Date | 1820-03-02 |
| Arrival Date | 1820-03-17 |
| Sentence Date | 1820-03-18 |
| Intended Destination Region | Cuba |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
| Post Disembarkation | Hastings |
| Specific Location |
Archival & Source Data
| Source | The National Archives, UK, FO315/31, f.16-18; The National Archives, UK, FO84/4, f.265-266; Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 12490-12570 (two copies) |
|---|---|
| Digitization | The National Archives, UK; Endangered Archives Programme, 2009. “Before the War, After the War: Preserving History in Sierra Leone,” British Library. Available online: https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP284; Endangered Archives Programme, 2011. “Nineteenth Century Documents of the Sierra Leone Public Archives,” British Library. Available online: https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP443. |
| Transcription | SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2024) |
| Name Interpreter | SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2024) |
| Digital Archivists | |
| Voyage ID (Slave Voyages) | V2321 |
| Researcher Notes |
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