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The African captives : Trial of the prisoners of the Amistad on the writ of habeas corpus, before the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Connecticut, at Hartford : Judges Thompson and Judson : September term, 1839.

Title
The African captives : Trial of the prisoners of the Amistad on the writ of habeas corpus, before the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Connecticut, at Hartford : Judges Thompson and Judson : September term, 1839.
Author
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873.
Publication
New York : Published and for sale at 143 Nassau Street, 1839.

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Additional Authors
  • Gedney, Thomas R., -1857.
  • Thompson, Smith, 1768-1843.
  • Judson, Andrew T. (Andrew Thompson), 1784-1853.
  • United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit)
Description
vi, [1], 8-47, [1] p.; 23 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Alternative Title
Trial of the prisoners of the Amistad
Subject
  • Cinque
  • Amistad (Schooner)
  • Slavery > Law and legislation > Spain
  • Slavery > Law and legislation > United States
  • Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • Slave rebellions > Caribbean Sea
Note
  • Hearing in the case of a Spanish schooner and her crew captured by Lieutenant Gedney of the U.S. Navy.
  • Ascribed to Tappan by Hogg and Checklist of American imprints.
  • Published by the American Anti-slavery Society.
  • Text printed in two columns.
  • Last page blank.
Indexed In (note)
  • Checklist of American imprints
  • Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Provenance (note)
  • is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Call Number
Sc Rare 326.973-U (United States. Circuit Court. African captives)
LCCN
46035656
OCLC
  • 2782317
  • NYPGR2782317-B
Author
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873.
Title
The African captives : Trial of the prisoners of the Amistad on the writ of habeas corpus, before the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Connecticut, at Hartford : Judges Thompson and Judson : September term, 1839.
Imprint
New York : Published and for sale at 143 Nassau Street, 1839.
Indexed In:
Checklist of American imprints, 58782
Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression, 3486
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 115
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 326.973-U (accession no. B885297) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
Local Note
Schomburg Center researchers are restricted to the electronic resource. NN
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Added Author
United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit)
Gedney, Thomas R., -1857.
Thompson, Smith, 1768-1843.
Judson, Andrew T. (Andrew Thompson), 1784-1853.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 326.973-U (United States. Circuit Court. African captives)
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