The Amistad Rebellion. In July, 1839, captive West Africans rebelled and took over the Spanish slaveship Amistad. They ordered the owners to sail to Africa but, instead, the Amistad was taken on a meandering course, finally waylaid by a U.S. Navy brig. The Africans were charged with the murder of the captain and jailed in New Haven, Connecticut. Aolitionists came to their support; ex-President John Quincy Adams represented them in court. After a long legal battle, the Supreme Court freed the "mutineers" in 1841. The following year they returned to Africa.
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Author: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885.
Title: A history of the Amistad captives; being a circumstantial
account of the capture of the Spanish schooner Amistad, by the
Africans on board; their voyage, and capture near Long Island,
New York; with biographical sketches of each of the surviving
Africans; also, an account of the trials had on their case,
before the district and circuit courts of the United States
for the district of Connecticut. Comp. from authentic sources,
by John W. Barber .. New Haven, Ct., E.L. & J.W. Barber, 1840.
Description: 32 p. fold. front., illus. (incl. map) 23 cm.
Notes: Microfiche. Louisville, Ky., Lost Cause Press, 1962. 2
microfiches. 4 x 6 in. (Slavery pamphlets)
Call number: UCB NewsMicro MICROFICHE 961