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"Death of Capt. Ferrer, the Captain of the Amistad, July 1839."
Color Engraving and Frontispiece from, A History of the Amistad Captives, John Warner Barber, New Haven, CT (E.L. and J.W. Barber, Hitchcock & Stafford, Printers, 1840).
Courtesy of the Connecticut Historical Society, Harford Connecticut
Caption from the above image:
Don Jose Ruis and Don Pedro Montez of the Island of Cuba, having purchased fifty-three slaves at Havana, recently imported from Africa, put them on board the Amistad, Capt. Ferrer, in order to transport them to Principe, another port on the Island of Cuba. After being out from Havana about four days, the African captives on board, in order to abtain their freedom, and return to Africa, armed themselves with cane knives, and rose upon the Captain and crew of the vessel. Capt. Ferrer and the cook of the vessel were killed; two of the crew escaped; Ruiz and Montez were made prisoners.
See the full text of John Warner Barber's The History of the Amistad Captives.
