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Page 19; Records Relating to the Various Cases Involving the Spanish Schooner AMISTAD, 1815-1858

Location: All Titles » Amistad - Federal court records » U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut » Final Record Book 1834-1858 vol. 10 » Page 19

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- Brig Washington
- Schooner Amistad
- Antonio G. Vega
- Ramon Ferres
- Queen of Spain
- Antonio Ferres
- Andrew P. Judson, Esq.
- New London, Connecticut
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Cuba
- 19 Nov. 1839

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The Spanish schooner Amistad was seized by the US Navy in 1839. It was transporting slaves, which were illegal cargo at that time. District and circuit court records considered claims of salvage by the ship's owners and officers, by the US Navy, and by the Queen of Spain. These claims go to the core of the abolition movement, and show the workings of the courts and the thinking of the times.

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Publication Number:: M1753
Publication Title:: Records Relating to the Various Cases Involving the Spanish Schooner AMISTAD, 1815-1858
Publisher:: NARA
Court Name:: U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Description:: Final Record Book 1834-1858 vol. 10
Document Type:: Final Records Book
Page:: 19
Original data from:: The National Archives