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Africans taken in the Amistad congressional document, containing the correspondence, &c., in relation to the captured Africans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Congress (26nd, 1st session : 1839-1840)
- 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
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Amistad (Schooner).
- Slave trade--Spain.
- Slave trade.
- Slavery--Cuba--Insurrections, etc.
- Slavery.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Fugitive slaves.
- United States--Foreign relations--Spain.
- United States.
- Spain--Foreign relations--United States.
- Spain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 p. )
- Other Title:
- Africans taken in the Amistad
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Anti-Slavery Depository, 1840.
- Notes:
- "26th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 185. [Reprint.] Ho. of reps. Executive."
- "The message ... communicating to the House of Representatives the action of the Government in relation to the captured Africans, was sent, in consequence of a resolution of the Hon. John Quincy Adams": verso t.-p.
- Mostly correspondence to and from the Secretary of State, John Forsyth.
- Originally published as House Ex. doc. 185, 26th Cong., 1st sess., with title: Africans taken in the Amistad: message from the President of the United States transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, in relation to the Africans taken in the vessel called the Amistad, &c.
- Includes translations of Spanish documents.
- Reproduction of the original from the Oberlin College Library. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.
- OCLC:
- 317691344
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