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Loose printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Sierra Leone. Captured...
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/558/27
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This record is about the Loose printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Sierra Leone. Captured... dating from 1821 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821
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Loose printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Sierra Leone.
Captured ship: San Miguel Triumfante (master Joao da Silveiro Villas Boas).
Nationality: Portuguese.
History: bound from Abjuba [West Africa] to Bahia, laden with slaves (34 men, 33 women, 44 boys, 25 girls); taken on 1 April 1812 by HMS Kangaroo (John Lloyd commanding), and brought into Sierra Leone
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 42
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts
5,251 records
Within the series: HCA 42
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers
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Within the piece: HCA 42/558
Printed Prize Appeals, for ships beginning S: loose duplicates. (Described at item...
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