Letter from Isaac Parrish to Joshua Leavitt

Parrish, Isaac, 1811-1852

Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873

1839-09-12

A letter suggesting D.P. Brown as a prospective lawyer to assist the Amistad Captives. The letter mentions a possible interpreter for the Amistad Captives, a white man named John Shain, who "when a child was placed on board of slave ship and lived 6 or 7 years amongst the Africans." Included is a list of words to "test the language spoken by the Africans."

Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence

Parrish, Isaac, 1811-1852
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873

Philadelphia (Pa.)
New York (N.Y.)

Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center

eng

ama0099

Letter, 4 p.

text

Doc. No. F1-4613, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

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