Lost slave narrative

The contact between the African and Europeans was most importantly to source slaves from Africa for labor. The international court situated in Sierra Leone banned the slave trade and directed that ships and vessels sailing slaves be intercepted and directed to Sierra Leone. Following the trans-Atlantic slave trade ban, the British navy captured some vessels and ships which were carrying African slaves. In the year 1839, an international court which was located in sierra Leon’s Freetown succeeded in liberating a 27 year old male Aasema Desimah, of West Africa. Aasema Desimah, was from the Yoruba language group of West Africa. In this interception, Aasema Desimah was rescued and dropped at Freetown. The captain of the vessel, Manoel Marinho, did not succeed in his mission as he was commanded to move the vessel to Sierra Leone.