Letter from Amos Townsend Jr. to Simeon S. Jocelyn and Joshua Leavitt
View
@ Amistad Research Center
Description
A letter from Amos Townsend regarding a meeting with Roger Baldwin and John T. Norton on the topic of Baldwin's engagement as a lawyer for the Amistad Captives and Baldwin's initial opinion on a writ of habeas corpus. Amos Townsend mentions a letter from a lawyer named, E.W. Chester, regarding legal points that will arise in the Amistad case and suggests not involving "the Antislavery Society" in the case in order not to diminish sympathy for the Amistad Captives.
Text
1839 09 06
Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this digital collection are made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to the Amistad Research Center. Please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org with clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
From Collection
Slavery and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Amistad CaseRecord Contributed By
Amistad Research CenterKeywords
- America
- Amistad (Schooner)
- Antislavery Movements
- Correspondence
- History
- Slave Insurrections
- Slave Trade
- Slaver
- United States
Related Content
