This is a list of 2501 Africans liberated from slave ships by the British Royal Navy between 1812 and 1814. These were among the earliest African individuals affected by the implementation of British suppression policies following abolition in 1807. The list includes extremely rare detail of the names, ages, height and gender of the men, women and children released from illegal slave trading vessels at the Vice-Admiralty Court at Freetown. In addition, there is detailed information on the physical attributes of the individuals including scarification and other body markings. The information in the Liberated African Department is the most important source for the illegal slave trade that survives.
[Great Britain. Royal Navy.], “[Register of Liberated Africans 1812-1814 / British Royal Navy, Liberated African Department] [copy 1],” The Harriet Tubman Resource Centre Digital Archive, accessed April 24, 2019, http://digital.tubmaninstitute.ca/items/show/343.