Letter from Amos Townsend Jr. to Lewis Tappan

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A letter from Amos Townsend stating that an examination of the Africans "establishes very fully the fact that they were all, with the exception of Antonio," recently shipped from Africa to Cuba, then purchased in Havana, and put on board the Amistad. The letter discusses the work of Josiah W. Gibbs in communicating with the Africans and Cinque's desire to learn English. Townsend's letter mentions James Covey and Charles Pratt working as interpreters; Seth Staples and Roger Baldwin discussing affidavits and the arrest of Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez; and a discussion about Christianity with the Africans.

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Title: Letter from Amos Townsend Jr. to Lewis Tappan
Author: Townsend, Amos Jr.
Addressee: Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Date Created: 1839-10-05
Description: A letter from Amos Townsend stating that an examination of the Africans "establishes very fully the fact that they were all, with the exception of Antonio," recently shipped from Africa to Cuba, then purchased in Havana, and put on board the Amistad. The letter discusses the work of Josiah W. Gibbs in communicating with the Africans and Cinque's desire to learn English. Townsend's letter mentions James Covey and Charles Pratt working as interpreters; Seth Staples and Roger Baldwin discussing affidavits and the arrest of Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez; and a discussion about Christianity with the Africans.
Genre: article
Topical Subject(s): Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence
Name Subject(s): Baldwin, Roger S. (Roger Sherman), 1793-1863
Gibbs, Josiah W. (Josiah Willard), 1790-1861
Staples, Seth Perkins, 1776-1861
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Townsend, Amos Jr.
Geographical Subject(s): New Haven (Ct.)
New York (N.Y.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center
Language: eng
Identifier (local): ama0126
Extent: Letter, 4 p.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Doc. No. F1-4640, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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