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Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird, January 1840
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Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird, January 1840.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1840]
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1 online resource.
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
In January 1840 the Amistad case was presented before Judge Andrew T. Judson in the Connecticut District Court.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
States that the Spanish edict prohibiting the importation of slaves from Africa, was not considered as applicable to that Island and was [inserted: then] wholly disregarded after slaves were landed... that the slaves on the plantations kept their native languages for years... that the ships papers, of the Amistad are... in the usual form, & not necessary to practice any fraud to obtain such papers from the proper officers... that the Barracoons are public markets where all description of slaves are bought and sold- Mentions the deposition of Richard Robert Madden, British superintendent of liberated Africans and former commissioner in the mixed court of justice at Havana, Cuba. Contains several mathematic equations. Possibly created in Connecticut, where the District Court heard the case.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Legal instruments
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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