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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05636.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny |
| Title | Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad and subsequent salvage claims |
| Date | November 1839 |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Created at Connecticut District Court in November 1839. At the top, states: "Schooner Amistad plea to jurisdictions & matter of it- Baldwin says most extraordinary objections & c Circuit Court said only that so long as the matter was pending before the District Ct that Court should not dismiss & c..." Relates events that took place 26 August 1839, when Captains Henry Green and Peletiah Fordham, [Fithy?], Sherman, Conklin met the Africans from the Amistad on the shore near Culloden Point, New York. Green would later enter a salvage claim for the ship and its contents. A faint pencil note on the first page states "plea alleges 2 grounds of jurisdiction 1. not property & c. 2. signed within N york district & on shore." On last page, contains statements from General Isham and W. F. Brainard (lawyers for the Connecticut residents' who had claimed salvage) and C. F. [Lister?]. |
| Subjects | Amistad African American History Slavery Slave Trade Slave Rebellion Africa Mutiny Maritime Law President Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Prisoner Judiciary |
| People | Holabird, William S. (1794-1855) Baldwin, Roger Sherman (1793-1863) |
| Theme | Law; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Roger Baldwin, a Connecticut abolitionist, served as a defense lawyer for the Amistad case. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |