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Concerning the Amistad...
Concerning the Amistad...
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March 20, 1847
WESTERN LITERARY MESSENGER, Buffalo, March 20, 1847 Near the back is an article headed: "The Amistad" which begins: "...before the adjournment of Congress...appropriating $50,000 for the settlement of the pretended claims of Rinez and Montez, growing out of the capture and freeing of Negroes on board the Spanish schooner Amisted (sic)...". Mention of John Quincy Adams speaking to the issue (see). Several years ago Stephen Spielberg did a movie based on this slave ship case.
Sixteen pages, 10 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches, spotted foxing, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War