| Titles: |
Diary entry: 17 Nov. 1840 |
| Creator/Author: |
Adams, John Quincy |
| Description: | JQA journeys by train from Hartford to New Haven, stays at the Tontine Hotel, meets for two hours with Roger S. Baldwin, reviewing the Amistad case, points that had been presented before the Circuit and District Courts, and those to be presented before the Supreme Court. With others, Adams and Baldwin visit Amistad prisoners in New Haven Jail; general description of the prisoners, their circumstances, progress in learning English. |
| Primary Source Publication Date: | 11/17/1840 |
| Subject Keywords: |
Other Person - Baldwin, Roger Sherman Amistad African - Amistad Africans Place - New Haven, Connecticut Court Related - Law Other Keyword - Politics Other Keyword - Race Other Keyword - Abolition |
| Courtesy of: | Massachusetts Historical Society |
