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Book/Printed Material 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 courts of the United States for the district of Connecticut

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Title

  • 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 courts of the United States for the district of Connecticut

Names

  • Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885

Created / Published

  • New Haven : E.L. & J.W. Barber, 1840.

Headings

  • -  Amistad (Schooner)
  • -  Slave rebellions--United States
  • -  Trials (Mutiny)--United States
  • -  Slave ships--Trials, litigation, etc

Notes

  • -  Checklist Amer. imprints 40-480

Medium

  • 32 p., [1] folded leaves of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E447 .B23

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 10032270

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Barber, John Warner. 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 courts of the United States for the district of Connecticut. New Haven: E.L. & J.W. Barber, 1840. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/10032270/.

APA citation style:

Barber, J. W. (1840) 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 courts of the United States for the district of Connecticut. New Haven: E.L. & J.W. Barber. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/10032270/.

MLA citation style:

Barber, John Warner. 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 courts of the United States for the district of Connecticut. New Haven: E.L. & J.W. Barber, 1840. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/10032270/>.