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Titles: Weird Ship
A vessel was discovered
Description: Reprint of two news items in the New York Evening Post describing the first sightings of the Amistad off the New York coast.
Primary Source Publisher: New York Evening Post
Secondary Source Publisher: Richmond Enquirer
Secondary Source Publication Date: 8/30/1839
Subject Keywords: Place - Boston, Massachusetts
Other Keyword - Slavery
Place - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Place - Montauk Point, Long Island, New York
Vessel - Fulton
Vessel - Blossom
Vessel - La Fayette
Place - Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York
Vessel - Wave
Place - Newport, Rhode Island
Place - Africa
Other Keyword - Race
Courtesy of: Microfilm, Harvard University



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