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Kinna

text and image from Barber, A History of the Amistad Captives, (Barber, Hitchcock and Stafford, 1840):


22. KIN-NA (man or big man) 5 ft. 5 1/2 in., has a bright countenance, is young, and, since he has been in New Haven, has been a good scholar. His parents and grandparents were living; has four brothers and one sister. He was born at Si-ma-bu, in the Mendi country; his king, Sa-mang, resided at the same place. He was seized when going to Kon-gol-li, by a Bullom man, who sold him to Luiz, at Lomboko.





Documents: Kinna, like Kale wrote a letter to John Quincy Adams on the eve of the Supreme Court trial.



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