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United States. Congress (26th, 1st session : 1840) Africans taken in the Amistad: message from the President of the United States transmitting...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05795.01 Author/Creator: United States. Congress (26th, 1st session : 1840) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 15 April 1840 Pagination: 1 v. : 69 p. ; 22.6 x 14.3 cm. Order a Copy

... (title continues) the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, in relation to the Africans taken in the vessel called the Amistad, &c. Includes correspondence between John Forsyth (Secretary of State), the Chevalier de Argaiz (envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Spain), and others involved with the Amistad case. Includes Spanish and English versions. Document number 185.

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Forsyth, John, 1780-1841

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