19^th Century News

Please note that the following news accounts reflect many of the racial and social prejudices of the time. By including the following on our web site, AMISTAD America seeks to paint a clearer picture of the unique challenges faced by the Amistad Africans and all people of African descent during the slave trade.

"The Spanish Piratical Schooner Amistad"

The New London Gazette: August 26, 1839

"The Captured Slaves"

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New York Morning Herald: September 2, 1839

"The Case of the Captured Negroes"

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The New York Herald: September 9, 1839

"Letter from Lewis Tappan"

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New York Journal of Commerce: September 10, 1839

"The Captured Africans"

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New York Morning Herald: September 18, 1839

"Amistad Case as Revolution"

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The Colored American: October 5, 1839

"Plans to Educate the Amistad Africans in English"

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New York Journal of Commerce: October 9, 1839

"Narrative of the Africans"

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New York Journal of Commerce: October 10, 1839

"On Cinques"

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The Colored American: October 19, 1839

"Case of Ruiz and Montez#Atrocious Developments at New Haven"

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New York Morning Herald: October 23, 1839

" Adams Letter on Amistad Africans"

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New York Journal of Commerce: December 25, 1839

"African Testimony"

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New York Journal of Commerce: January 10, 1840

"Cinque and Heroes of the American Revolution"

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The Colored American, March 27, 1841

"Meetings of the Liberated Africans"

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The Colored American: May 22, 1841