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Subtitle: Another Amistad Case. What Will Grow Out of It? Title: Colored American - December 25, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) The writer relates a recent incident in which slaves aboard a ship bound to New Orleans from Virginia took over the ship and escaped to Great Britain. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Amistad; captives; crime; England; Jamaica; liberty; Nassau; revolt; slave-trade Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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