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A History of the Amistad Captives: Being a Circumstantial Account of the Capture of the Spanish Schooner Amistad, by the Africans on Board; Their Voyage, and Capture near Long Island, New York; with Biographical Sketches of Each of the Surviving Africans.

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A History of the Amistad Captives: Being a Circumstantial Account of the Capture of the Spanish Schooner Amistad, by the Africans on Board; Their Voyage, and Capture near Long Island, New York; with Biographical Sketches of Each of the Surviving Africans.

John Warner Barber

Date
1840
Medium
Illustrations: wood engraving with hand-coloring and letterpress
Dimensions
Overall: 9 7/16 x 6 1/8 in. (24 x 15.5 cm)
Object type
Book
Classification
Books
Object number
54.509.80
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

American, Windsor, Connecticut 1798–1885 New Haven, Connecticut

Subjects and terms

  • Slavery

The Met object ID 345414. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.