Oboda
Person Details
| UID | VI006194 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-3863 |
| Case Name | São Josef |
| Register Date | |
| Year | 1813 |
| Recaptive Number | 4599 |
| Person Name | Oboda |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | Obooa |
| Modern Name Interpretation | |
| Transcribed Age | 24 |
| Age Category | Adult (14 to 40 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | M |
| Sex | Male |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | 5'4 |
| Height (in) | 64 |
| Height (cm) | 162.56 |
| Physical Characteristics | Tattoo, Tattoo |
| Transcribed Description | Tattooed in three lines over each eye down forehead & nose. Broad arrow on cheeks. Scar on upper lip |
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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 | Eastern Bight |
| Embarkation Port | Calabar |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
| Capture Ship | Favourite |
| Capture Date | 1813-09-01 |
| Arrival Date | |
| Sentence Date | 1813-11-01 |
| Intended Destination Region | Brazil |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
| Post Disembarkation | Regent |
| Specific Location | Mountains |
Archival & Source Data
| Source | CO267/38; Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 4571-4618 |
|---|---|
| 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. Padraic Scanlan donated materials from CO267. |
| Transcription | SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2024) |
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| Digital Archivists | |
| Voyage ID (Slave Voyages) | V7647 |
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