Miguel Ponto
Person Details
| UID | VI003314 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-5 |
| Case Name | Unspecified |
| Register Date | |
| Year | 1812 |
| Recaptive Number | 2354 |
| Person Name | Miguel Ponto |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | Miguel Pinto |
| Modern Name Interpretation | |
| Transcribed Age | 25 |
| Age Category | Adult (14 to 40 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | M |
| Sex | Male |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | 5'7 3/4 |
| Height (in) | 67.25 |
| Height (cm) | 127 |
| Physical Characteristics | Scarification, Scarification, Scarification |
| Transcribed Description | Slightly marked on face; dent across left cheeks, number of round scars left arm |
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Travel & Court Related Information
| Government Department | Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Court Condemned | Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown |
| Embarkation Region | West Africa (unspecified) |
| Embarkation Port | Unknown |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
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| Intended Destination Region | |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
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| Specific Location | Returned runaway |
Archival & Source Data
| Source | Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 2353-2362 |
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| Digitization | 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) |
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| Voyage ID (Slave Voyages) | V60008 |
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