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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.042 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of 27th day of March, 1862, in relation to the slave vessel the "Bark Augusta." |
| Date | March 1862 |
| Author | Smith, Caleb B. (1808-1864) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | 37th Congress, 2d session, Senate Executive Document 40. Tells the story of the "Augusta," ostensibly a whaler but suspected of being a slaver. It was confiscated by the New York federal courts. The U.S. Marshall charged that federal officials had colluded with the slavetraders when the "Augusta slipped out of port under suspicious circumstances." |
| Subjects | Congress Law Government and Civics African American History Slavery Navy Maritime Corruption and Scandal |
| People | Smith, Caleb B. (1808-1864) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; Law; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |