Letter from A. Brooke to Joshua Leavitt

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A letter from A. Brooke to Joshua Leavitt asking whether the United States and Lt. Thomas R. Gedney will be held to answer for the imprisonment of the Amistad Captives and whether damages can be obtained from the U.S. "for the detention occasioned by the appeal of the Executive to the Supreme Court?" In his letter, Brooke states his belief that the captives are entitled to some remuneration for the hardship endured and that abolitionists "should follow up the defeat we have given the enemy (slavery) by an attack upon his stronghold the government of the United States."

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Title: Letter from A. Brooke to Joshua Leavitt
Author: Brooke, Abraham
Addressee: Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Date Created: 1841-03-23
Description: A letter from A. Brooke to Joshua Leavitt asking whether the United States and Lt. Thomas R. Gedney will be held to answer for the imprisonment of the Amistad Captives and whether damages can be obtained from the U.S. "for the detention occasioned by the appeal of the Executive to the Supreme Court?" In his letter, Brooke states his belief that the captives are entitled to some remuneration for the hardship endured and that abolitionists "should follow up the defeat we have given the enemy (slavery) by an attack upon his stronghold the government of the United States."
Genre: article
Topical Subject(s): Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence
Name Subject(s): Brooke, Abraham
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873
Geographical Subject(s): Oakland (Oh.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center
Language: eng
Identifier (local): ama0452
Extent: Letter, 2 p.
Type of Resource: text
Source: Doc. No. F1-4944, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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