Anti-Slave-Trade Law, ‘Liberated Africans’ and the State in the South Atlantic World, c.1839–1852
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9337983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jake Subryan Richards (0000-0001-8442-9864, University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Jake Christopher Richards (University of Cambridge) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 241 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 179-219 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Past & Present (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2746 • E-ISSN: 1477-464X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pastj/gty020 |
| OpenAlex | W2793001455 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
On 5 August 1844, six African men boarded HMS Helena to tell Commander Cornwallis Ricketts that their lives were in danger. 'They state themselves that they are slaves, and that they are in bodily fear'. The six had embarked on the brig Unia o at Mozambique Island, the capital of the Portuguese colonial 'province' of Mozambique. The Unia o had been sailing in the 'Quillimane River' when the Helena had intercepted it as a suspected slave ship. Ricketts's officers, together with those of a fellow naval ship, HMS Bittern, then spent a week searching the Unia o for signs of slave trading, and the men's statement added to the evidence. 1 Through a translator, the six requested a transfer to their captor's ship. 2 Ricketts agreed to accommodate the six on the Bittern, and all three ships set course for Cape Town, where Ricketts deposited the Unia o at the British-Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission for adjudication. If the court condemned the ship, Ricketts and his crew would pocket prize money for the value of the ship, its fittings and equipment, and its human cargo. But the court's proceedings unfolded in a way that neither he nor anyone else could have expected
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |