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Manuscript/Mixed Material Affidavit of Kimbo, an Amistad African, 1839.

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Title

  • Affidavit of Kimbo, an Amistad African, 1839.

Created / Published

  • 1839

Headings

  • -  Slave trade--America--History
  • -  Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Part of the African American Odyssey
  • -  Affidavits From Sinqueh And Kimbo on the Amistad Mutiny
  • -  Former identifer: ody0128

Source Collection

  • Lewis Tappan Papers

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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  • online text
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(1839) Affidavit of Kimbo, an Amistad African. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mss42317_04/.

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Affidavit of Kimbo, an Amistad African. 1839. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/mss42317_04/>.