The Registers of Liberated Africans of the Havana Slave Trade Commission: Implementation and Policy, 1824–1841

Lovejoy, Henry B.

doi:10.1080/0144039x.2015.1117253

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“…However, the number of people “freed” through this mechanism was relatively small. While the courts in Havana liberated 10, 986 enslaved Africans between 1824 and 1841 (Lovejoy, 2016: 26), Curto estimates that Portuguese naval authorities “rescued” only about 2100 people from slave ships and barracoons from 1836 to 1861 (Curto, 2020: 242). According to Curto (2020), most enslaved Africans were instead “liberated” through legal mechanisms introduced in the 1850s, not through the Tribunal das Prezas .…”

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Slave “Corrections” in Luanda, Angola from 1836 to 1869

Lopes

2022

Punishment & Society

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This paper uses thousands of cases of imprisonment published under the police section of a weekly gazette entitled Boletim Oficial do Governo da Província de Angola to explore the connections between slavery and the “birth of the prison” in Luanda, the capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola between 1836 and 1869. It demonstrates that as the colonial administration gradually abolished the institution of slavery in the mid-nineteenth century, masters and mistresses sent thousands of captives to jail for “correction,” which could include imprisonment, beatings, and forced labour. By focusing on “correction” cases, this paper problematizes the dichotomy between pre-modern and modern types of punishment and demonstrates that the prison in Luanda reinforced the violence of the slaveholding class.

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Section: Liberal Penal Reforms and Degredo (Exile)mentioning

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Slave “Corrections” in Luanda, Angola from 1836 to 1869

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2022

Punishment & Society

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“…Dolorita (July 1837). There is documentation of this ship's activities in the Atlantic slave trade coming from the "Havana Slave Trade Commission" (Lovejoy 2016) with illegal movements between Africa and Cuba (Curtin and Klein 1973; Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1837:169; House of Commons 1828:27, 142-152). During the marine accident, Dolorita was sailing from Kingston to San Juan de Nicaragua (formerly known as Greytown or San Juan del Norte), and the news was documented in England due to the death of a British citizen (Coventry Herald 1837:4).…”

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Shipwrecks on Roncador Cay, the Caribbean Sea and Their Relationship with Hurricanes, 1492-1920

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2021

Int J Histor Archaeol

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Previous studies suggest that tropical storms and hurricanes are among the leading causes of shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea since 1492. This paper will explore the relationship between shipwrecks and hurricanes in the Western Caribbean, particularly Roncador Cay, a place with complex environmental conditions that have made this area a trap for ships, but has up until now, been without rigorous shipwreck analysis. This study covers the period 1492 to 1920 with search results of 23 shipwrecks and 37 tropical cyclones compiled in databases, reviewing seven wrecks already documented and revealing new information on 16, previously not recorded. The sources provide detailed shipwrecks, demonstrating that most accidents occurred by unspecific causes and no direct relationship with hurricanes but were influenced by environmental conditions, such as geomorphology, cold fronts, or currents. There is also a reflection on the sociocultural changes and the influence of power in the region. The study includes a suggested tool for future research, protecting the wreck site and emphasizing the importance of the underwater cultural heritage as an indicator of the active maritime past.

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“…By 2009, I had transcribed registers compiled in Cuba and the Caribbean independently from Eltis and noticed inconsistencies with the transcription of the Havana registers. These changes have since been absorbed into African Origins (H. Lovejoy 2009). A year later, Suzanne Schwarz and Paul Lovejoy identified and began digitizing previously unincorporated materials from the Vice Admiralty Court in Freetown for 1808-1819 through support from the British Library Endangered Archives Programme.…”

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“…Using a Bootstrap framework and hosted on GoDaddy, I put most of my dissertation research online. The initial website had over sixty individual HTML webpages, centered on forty-four trials involving over 10,000 Africans liberated by the Havana Slave Trade Commission between 1824 and 1841(Lovejoy 2009). A copyright license was obtained from the British National Archives to republish their digital records online, which were then rearranged into their respective cases involving over 750 documents, including: register copies, trial abstracts, captor declarations, expense reports, resettlement strategies, legislation, etc.…”

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