A history of the Amistad captives: : being a circumstantial account of the capture of the Spanish schooner Amistad, by the Africans on board; their voyage, and capture near Long Island, New York; with biographical sketches of each of the surviving Africans. : Also, an account of the trials had on their case, before the District and Circuit Courts of the United States, for the district of Connecticut. / Compiled from authentic sources, by John W. Barber, mem. of the Connecticut Hist. Soc.Barber, Edmund L., publisherBarber, John Warner, 1798-1885Griswold, Benjamin, 1811-1844Hitchcock & Stafford, printerUnited States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit)United States. District Court (Connecticut)1840Copyright 1840 by John W. Barber and Edmund L. Barber.Description of the captives' lives in Africa and instruction in New Haven, by Benjamin Griswold, p. 25-31.First of five works bound together. Binder's title: The Amistad captives.Leaf of plates partially hand-colored. 22 x 48 cm.mixed material