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A history of the Amistad captives being a circumstantial account of the capture of the Spanish Schooner Amistad by the Africans on board, their voyage and capture near Long Island, New York : with biographical sketches of each of the surviving Africans also, an account of the trials had on their case, before the District and Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Connecticut / compiled from authentic sources, by John W. Barber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885.
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cingue, Joseph--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Cingue, Joseph.
- Amistad (Schooner).
- Slave rebellions--United States.
- Slave rebellions.
- Trials (Murder)--United States.
- Trials (Murder).
- Trials (Piracy)--United States.
- Trials (Piracy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 p. ) ill., map.
- Other Title:
- History of the Amistad captives
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Ct. : E.L. & J.W. Barber, 1840.
- Notes:
- "The court was opened by the U.S., Marshal, the clerk then swore Don Pedro Montez, owner of part of the cargo and three of the slaves and Don Jose Ruiz, also owner of part of the cargo and forty-nine of the slaves, these gentlemen then lodged a complaint against Joseph Cingue, (the leader in the alledged offense), Antonio, Simon, Lacis, Peter, Martin, Manuel, Andrew, Edward, Caledonis, Bartholomew, Raymond, Augustine, Evaristo, Casimiro, Mercho, Gabriel, Santaria, Escalastio, Paschal, Estanilaus, Desiderio, Nicholas, Stephen, Thomas, Corsino, Lewis, Bartolo, Julian, Frederick, Saturnio, Lardusolado, Celistino, Epifanio, Tevacio, Genancio, Philip, Francis, Hipiloto, Venito, Tidoro, Vicinto, Dionecio, Apolonio, Ezidiquiel, Leon, Julius, Hipoloto, 2d and Zinon, or such of the above as might be alive at that time, it was ascertained that Joseph Cingue and 38 others, were alive and on the complaint an indictment was framed charging them with murder and piracy on board the Spanish Schooner Amistad."-- Cf. p. 6.
- Reproduction of the original from Harvard Law School Library. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.
- OCLC:
- 367994628
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