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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. Continue…
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410 days custody of goods sold for the amt of $6,420.11 @ 5 percent
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410 days @ 1.50 per day
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Anyone interested in the complete story of the Amistad Africans needs to know about Farmington CT where the freed captives resided for 8 months until a ship was raised to return them to Africa. Contact Farmington Historical Society. See Web pageannjeff made a comment on this Spotlight. 10 Feb 2008
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Records Relating to the Various Cases Involving the Spanish Schooner AMISTAD, 1815-1858. Original data from: The National Archives
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