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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05794 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1841 |
| Title | Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate… [in English and Spanish] |
| Date | 12 February 1841 |
| Author | United States. Congress. |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Government document |
| Content Description | [title continues]... copies of correspondence relative to the negroes taken on board the schooner Amistad. Contains reports and correspondence created by John Forsyth, Secretary of State, the Chevalier de Argaiz (envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Spain), and others pertaining to the Amistad case. Discusses Cuban laws regarding slavery and other topics relevant to the Amistad case. Senate document number 179. 26th, 2nd Session: 1841. |
| Subjects | Congress Government and Civics Amistad Slave Trade Slavery African American History Law Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Latin and South America Caribbean Prisoner Maritime |
| People | Forsyth, John (1780-1841) Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The Presidency; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce; 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 |