Bessay
Person Details
| UID | VI007904 |
|---|---|
| LA-E-ID (Liberated Africans connector) | LA-E-3793 |
| Case Name | Dolores (a) Volador |
| Register Date | |
| Year | 1814 |
| Recaptive Number | 6251 |
| Person Name | Bessay |
| Alternative or Transcribed Name | Belsay |
| Modern Name Interpretation | Gbese |
| Transcribed Age | 13 |
| Age Category | Child (3 to 13 years) |
| Transcribed Sex | B |
| Sex | Male |
| Transcribed Height (ft.) | 4'8 1/2 |
| Height (in) | 56.5 |
| Height (cm) | 143.51 |
| Physical Characteristics | Tattoo |
| Transcribed Description | Black tattoes on each arm. 1 faint long cut above right eye |
| Digits | |
| Disposal | |
| Language Association | Temne |
| 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 | Cape Mount |
| Disembarkation Region | Rivers of West Africa |
| Disembarkation Port | Freetown |
| Capture Ship | Princess Charlotte |
| Capture Date | 1814-09-18 |
| Arrival Date | 1814-10-03 |
| Sentence Date | 1814-10-11 |
| Intended Destination Region | Cuba |
| Secondary Migration | Sierra Leone |
| Post Disembarkation | Freetown |
| Specific Location |
Archival & Source Data
| Source | Sierra Leone Public Archive, Liberated Africans Register, 6239-6273 (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) | V7524 |
| Researcher Notes |
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