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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05636.13 |
| From Archive Folder | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny |
| Title | Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony |
| Date | January 1840 |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Created at Connecticut District Court in 7-9 January 1840 by or for William S. Holabird. Serves as notes of the testimony of Richard Robert Madden (head of the British Anti-Slavery [Mixed] Commission in Havana), Sullivan Haley (on board the USS Washington when it met the Amistad); discusses the statements of Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montes (two Spanish men found aboard the Amistad) , Dwight P. Janes (abolitionist), James Covey (a Mende native and translator for the Africans aboard the Amistad), Professor Josiah Gibbs (who claimed, based on the Amistad Africans' language, they were recently arrived from Africa and had not resided in Cuba) and Cinqué (leader of the Africans aboard the Amistad). Marked "Baldwin &c Evidence" at top. |
| Subjects | Amistad African American History Slavery Slave Trade Slave Rebellion Africa Mutiny Maritime Law President Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Prisoner Judiciary Latin and South America Caribbean Navy Abolition Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Madden, Richard Robert (1798-1886) Holabird, William S. (1794-1855) Gibbs, Josiah W. (Josiah Willard) (1790-1861) |
| Theme | Law; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce; 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 |
| Related documents | Further testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad |