Digital Identity


Person Details
UID VI004060
LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) LA-E-3877
Case Name Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres
Register Date
Year 1812
Recaptive Number 3100
Person Name Yajo
Alternative or Transcribed Name
Modern Name Interpretation
Transcribed Age 25
Age Category Adult (14 to 40 years)
Transcribed Sex W
Sex Female
Transcribed Height (ft.) 5'3 1/2
Height (in) 64
Height (cm) 161.29
Physical Characteristics Scarification
Transcribed Description Much scared on cheeks & temples: 2 scars each arm: 6 broad dᵒ on belly
Digits
Disposal
Language Association
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 Western Bight
Embarkation Port Lagos
Disembarkation Region Rivers of West Africa
Disembarkation Port Freetown
Capture Ship Amelia
Capture Date 1812-04-05
Arrival Date
Sentence Date 1812-05-05
Intended Destination Region Brazil
Secondary Migration Sierra Leone
Post Disembarkation
Specific Location
Archival & Source Data
Source CO267/35; Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 2939-3142
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)
Name Interpreter
Digital Archivists
Voyage ID (Slave Voyages) V7668
Researcher Notes
List of Source(s)