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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00722.29 |
| From Archive Folder | William McBlair collection |
| Title | Affadavit regarding the imprisonment of Jeremiah Sullivan and two other sailors on the African coast |
| Date | 4 February 1858 |
| Author | Sullivan, Jeremiah (fl. 1858) |
| Additional authors | McBlair, William (d. 1863) |
| Document Type | Legal document; Military document |
| Content Description | Details events of his imprisonment on the African coast, along with Patrick Kelly and Manoel Ackmore, all sailors in the United States Navy. Affidavit relates the arrest of these three sailors after a scuffle with Portuguese soldiers and discusses their long imprisonment. States that William McBlair helped secure the sailors' release, but that Kelly died in the hospital while under arrest. Attested to and signed by McBlair. |
| Subjects | Death Hospital Prisoner Navy Maritime Law Military History Military Law Africa African American History African Squadron Global History and Civics |
| People | Sullivan, Jeremiah (1837-1878) McBlair, William (d. 1863) |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Naval & Maritime; African Americans; Foreign Affairs; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | William McBlair was a United States naval officer in command of the ship "Dale," responsible for catching illegal slave trading ships off the coast of Africa. Later served in the Confederate Navy. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |