Sambo
Person Details
| UID | VI000417 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-1 |
| Case Name | Seized in the Colony |
| Register Date | 1809-11-06 |
| Year | 1809 |
| Recaptive Number | 122 |
| Person Name | Sambo |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | {.}amba |
| Modern Name Interpretation | Sambo |
| Transcribed Age | 20 |
| Age Category | Adult (14 to 40 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | M |
| Sex | Male |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | [N/D] |
| Height (in) | |
| Height (cm) | |
| Physical Characteristics | Burned, Burned |
| Transcribed Description | Small scar above right eye brow burn behind left shoulder |
| Digits | |
| Disposal | ...Colony (Laborer) |
| Language Association | Multiethnic |
| 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 | |
| Capture Date | 1808-03-24 |
| Arrival Date | |
| Sentence Date | 1809-11-06 |
| Intended Destination Region | |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
| Post Disembarkation | |
| Specific Location |
Archival & Source Data
| Source | Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 100-248 |
|---|---|
| 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) | V60001 |
| Researcher Notes |