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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05636.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Papers related to the Amistad mutiny |
| Title | Orders for transport of the Amistad captives |
| Date | 7 January 1840 |
| Author | Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) |
| Additional authors | Forsyth, John (1780-1841) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State. President Van Buren writes to Norris Wilcox, Marshal of the District of Connecticut. States: "The Marshal of the United States for the District of Connecticut will deliver over to Lieutenant John S. Paine, of the United States Navy, and aid in conveying on board the schooner Grampus, under his command all the negroes late of the Spanish schooner Amistad, in his custody under process now pending before the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. For so doing this order will be his warrant." |
| Subjects | Amistad African American History Slavery Slave Trade Slave Rebellion Africa Mutiny Maritime Law President Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Prisoner Judiciary Navy |
| People | Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) Forsyth, John (1780-1841) Wilcox, Norris (fl. 1840-1846) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Law; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Naval & Maritime; Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |