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Collection Reference Number GLC05636.14
From Archive Folder Papers related to the Amistad mutiny 
Title Further testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony
Date 9 January 1840
Document Type Legal document
Content Description Marked "&c Cinqué" at top. Appears to be a continuation of GLC 5636.13. Testimony of Cinqué, leader of the Africans aboard the Amistad, continues. Contains the testimonies of Grabbo and Foolaqua, Amistad mutineers. Includes the testimony of Norris Wilcox (United States Marshal for the District of Connecticut), Captain Mather (on board the USS Washington when it came in contact with 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), Reverend George Day (employed to supervise the instruction of the Mende captives by Yale Divinity School students), and Colonel Stanton Pendleton (jailer where Amistad mutineers were held captive).
Subjects Amistad  African American History  Slavery  Slave Trade  Slave Rebellion  Africa  Mutiny  Maritime  Law  President  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Prisoner  Judiciary  Navy  Latin and South America  Caribbean  Literature and Language Arts  Education  Religion  
People Day, George Edward (1815-1905)  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; Religion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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