Digital Identity


Person Details
UID VI006474
LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) LA-E-18
Case Name Seized at Rio Pongos by the Expedition
Register Date
Year 1814
Recaptive Number 4821
Person Name Moru
Alternative or Transcribed Name Moiu
Modern Name Interpretation Moru
Transcribed Age 60
Age Category Old person (Over 40 years)
Transcribed Sex M
Sex Male
Transcribed Height (ft.) 5'5 3/4
Height (in) 65.75
Height (cm) 167.01
Physical Characteristics Scarification, Scarification
Transcribed Description 3 scars down each cheek. Large lump 3 f right breast
Digits
Disposal
Language Association Muslim
Documented African Nation
Possible Dialect
Travel & Court Related Information
Government Department Colonial and Foreign Offices, Great Britain
Court Condemned Court of Vice Admiralty, Freetown
Embarkation Region Rivers of West Africa
Embarkation Port Unknown
Disembarkation Region Rivers of West Africa
Disembarkation Port Freetown
Capture Ship Princess Charlotte
Capture Date
Arrival Date
Sentence Date 1814-03-30
Intended Destination Region
Secondary Migration Sierra Leone
Post Disembarkation Freetown
Specific Location
Archival & Source Data
Source Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 4684-4923 (two copies)
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)
Name Interpreter SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2024)
Digital Archivists
Voyage ID (Slave Voyages) V60022
Researcher Notes
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