'Entirely free and at liberty to engage their services as they may think fit'? Recaptured African Adjudication and Freedom at the Cape Colony, 1806-1834

Between 1806 and 1834, approximately 2,600 recaptured Africans arrived on the shores of the British-controlled Cape Colony. Seized and embarked on slave ships, these individuals had been captured by anti-slavery squadrons and taken back to their British base. Recaptives were then 'freed' b...

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