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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06138 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1840 |
| Title | Africans taken in the Amistad: congressional document, containing the correspondence, & c., in relation to the captured Africans |
| Date | 1840 |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | 26th, 1st Session: 1840. This is a reprint by the New York Anti-Slavery Depository. A note inside the cover explains that there were no copies of this Congressional document available in Washington. Contains statements and correspondence from John Forsyth (Secretary of State 1834-1841), William S. Holabird (District Attorney for the State of Connecticut during the Amistad case), A. Calderon de la Barca (envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Spain) and various others involved in the Amistad case. |
| Subjects | Amistad African American History Slave Trade Slavery Rebellion Mutiny Law Government and Civics Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Prisoner |
| People | Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) Forsyth, John (1780-1841) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Law; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |