The Amistad Rebellion
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Amistad Committee, 120, 127, 150, 157, 161, 172, 185, 187, 191, 192, 196, 198, 204, 205, 211, 214, 216, 231, 232
Amistad rebellion, 1–3, 8, 9–10, 12, 71–79, 94–95, 122, 237
abolitionists’ justification of, 169–71
Africans’ accounts of, 124–27, 135–39, 193
art inspired by, see artistic depictions of Amistad Africans
Celestino’s threat as catalyst of, 71–73, 74, 181–82
decision to engage in, 74–75
end of, 79–80
in popular culture and memory, 3–5, 8, 120, 197, 228–30, 232, 235
reverberations from, 224–37
warfare experience in, 73–74, 78–79
amulets, 22–24, 98
Anti-Slavery Standard, 236
Antonio, 65, 66, 69, 76–81, 92, 98–99, 101, 104, 118, 120, 132, 147, 176, 193, 195
artistic depictions of, 161
Appeal…to the Coloured Citizens of the World (Walker), 8–9, 108
artistic depictions of Amistad Africans, 3, 4, 8, 99–102, 118, 120, 128, 130, 131, 159–74, 229–30
abolitionists and, 168–71
by Barber, 54, 153, 159–64, 167–68, 172–74, 192, 229
of Cinqué, 99–103, 100, 101, 102, 143, 161, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 172–74, 173, 185, 192, 224–25, 226, 228–30
by Hewins, 3, 153, 159, 165–69, 171, 172–74, 229
Jocelyn’s portrait of Cinqué, 171–74, 224–26, 229
Moulthrop’s wax figures, 3, 153, 159, 163–65, 167, 172–74, 229
by Sketchley, 99, 102
Townsend’s portraits, 14–16, 14, 15, 16, 39, 112–14
Atlantic Ocean, 6–7, 19–21, 23
Middle Passage, 5, 19, 54–60, 215–17, 228
Ba, 27, 42, 113, 220–21
Bacon, Francis, 49, 160
Bacon, Leonard, 124, 127, 159
Bagna, 22, 27
Bahama Islands, 83
Baldwin, Roger S., 104, 124, 127, 132, 147, 148, 150, 166, 179, 183, 192–93, 229, 235
speech before the Supreme Court, 3, 187–88, 192
Baldwin, Simeon Eben, 150, 166
Barber, John Warner, 54, 106, 146, 153, 159–64, 172–74, 192, 229
The Death of Capt. Ferrer, 161–62, 161, 167–68
Barbour, Philip, 188
Barnum, Phineas T., 164
Bartu, 218
Bau, 37, 42, 54, 58, 60, 119, 120, 124, 132, 228
on Amistad, 70
interview with, 124–27, 139
in rebellion, 74
Beach, Moses Yale, 102
Bell, Philip A., 207
Beman, Amos, 206
Bennett, James Gordon, 128
Beri, 22, 41, 56
Bible, 13, 18, 155–58, 179, 182, 191, 197, 198, 200, 211
black power movement, 4
Blanco, Pedro, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 37, 40, 42–47, 49–51, 56, 136, 137, 217
destruction of slave-trading factories of, 189, 192
Bold Buccaneer, The, 117
Book of Pirates, 228
Booth, Sherman, 28, 127, 156, 177–78, 180, 181, 184, 198–201, 206
Boott Corporation, 206
Boston Courier, 177
Boston Tea Party, 235
Bowery Theatre, 114–15, 230
Brazil, 20
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 186
Broadway Tabernacle, 196, 197, 201
Brooks, John, 25
Brown, John, 234, 236
Buchanan, Thomas, 37
Bullom people, 22, 23, 30, 56
Burna (the elder), 22, 28, 29, 42, 45, 50, 54, 56, 58–59, 112, 113, 118, 129, 142, 158, 165, 212
arrival in Long Island, 88–91
on Amistad, 70, 73–74, 82, 85
Cinqué’s clashes with, 79, 176–77
English spoken by, 176–77
kinship and, 175
in rebellion, 73–74, 76, 78, 80
return home, 221, 222–23
Burna the younger, 27, 30, 41, 42–43, 200
Buzzard, 136, 137, 146
Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 117, 233
Calderón de la Barca, Angel, 63, 187
cannibalism, 72, 158, 181–82
Captain Kyd, or, The Wizard of the Sea, 117
Caribbean, 19
Carrias, Saturnino, 62
Celestino, 1, 65, 69, 70, 75–76, 77, 79–80, 99, 116
artistic depictions of, 161, 165, 167
Cinqué and, 71–73, 75–76
threat by, 71–73, 74, 181–82
Chamberlain, Juliana, 157
Chamberlain, Mr., 175, 212
Charleston Courier, 103
charms and amulets, 22–24, 98
Child, Lydia Maria, 106, 201, 202, 203, 208
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (Byron), 233
Christianity, 12, 120, 125, 135, 154, 156–59, 174, 178, 179, 180, 182–83, 198–201, 204, 208–11, 218–19, 221, 226
Bible, 13, 18, 155–58, 179, 182, 191, 197, 198, 200, 211
Mende Mission, 204, 208–11, 213–15, 217–21, 226, 227
Cinqué, 1, 3, 4, 5, 24, 26, 27, 28, 37, 42, 43, 50, 54, 58–61, 73, 103–4, 122, 130, 138, 144, 180, 183, 184, 189, 194
on Amistad, 70, 81–83, 86–87
artistic depictions of, 99–103, 100, 101, 102, 143, 161, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 172–74, 173, 185, 192, 224–25, 226, 228–30
athleticism of, 133
Bible and, 158
Burna’s clashes with, 79, 176–77
celebrity of, 103–4, 121, 128
Celestino and, 71–73, 75–76
character in play based on, 115–18
clothing of, 100, 102, 110
education and, 154–55, 156, 158
greegree bag worn by, 98
as hero, 168, 171, 197, 228–30, 233–34, 236
incarceration of, 109, 110, 120, 129, 132–34, 140–42, 144, 154–56
interview with, 124–27, 139
in Long Island, 88–90, 92–93, 96, 98
missionaries and, 209
Pendleton and, 177–79
in rebellion, 73–75, 77–80, 99, 134, 237
return home, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221
slavery performances by, 158
speeches given by, 92–94, 100–101
Supreme Court decision and, 190–91
testimony of, 146–47, 149
on tour, 197–99, 201–5, 224–25
Cinque, Chief of the Amistad Captives (Sartain), 173, 174, 185, 192
civil rights movement, 4
Clarke, Robert, 60
Clay, Henry, 186
Coffin, Joshua, 214–15
Colored American, 165, 171, 192, 195, 197, 206, 207, 211, 213
Conklin, Schuyler, 88
Conneau, Theophilus, 44, 45, 189
Connecticut, 2, 4–5
Amistad Africans’ incarceration in, 3, 8, 9–11
Corsair, The (Byron), 117
cotton manufacture:
in Africa, 27–28
in U.S., 206
Covey, James, 11–12, 106, 136–40, 142, 143, 146–48, 154, 155, 157, 160, 165, 178, 184, 193, 202, 207–8, 221, 222
Cowper, William, 201
Crandall, Prudence, 97
Creole rebellion, 21, 225–26, 227, 229, 233, 234
Crittenden, John J., 186
Cuba, 8, 19, 20, 143, 217
Amistad Africans in, 60–63, 68, 122, 132
Amistad court case and, 149, 152, 160, 186, 187, 190, 234
barracoons in, 60–63, 122
slave trade and, 60, 132
sugar production in, 19, 20
Cubano, 81
Dapper, Olfert, 31
Day, George E., 61, 127, 140, 148, 150, 156, 161, 199
Death of Capt. Ferrer, The (Barber), 161–62, 161, 167–68
Declaration of Independence, 190
Delacroix, Eugene, 168
Delaney, Martin R., 234
Denman, Joseph, 189
Di
ckens, Charles, 122
Dolben Act, 55
Douglass, Frederick, 5, 164, 234, 236
Downing, George, 207
Drew, John Glover, 117
Duevi, 77
Eato, Timothy, 206
Edson, Calvin, 108
Emancipator, 11, 104, 106, 134, 150, 152–53, 204, 232, 233, 236
Ezpleta, Joaquín de, 98
Fa, 74, 87–88, 108
Fabanna, 29, 31, 54, 142, 158–59
Faginna, 113
Fakinna, 26
Faquorna, 1, 74, 75, 78, 80, 108, 112–13, 161
Farmer’s Cabinet, 154
Ferrer, Ramón, 1–2, 3, 65, 66, 69, 70, 73–80, 99, 126, 131, 147, 170, 182, 187, 195
artistic depictions of, 161, 164, 165, 167, 168, 169
Ferry, James, 11–12, 119–20, 124, 125, 127, 132, 135, 141, 158, 193
Fitzgerald, James, 136, 137, 146
Foone, 28, 60, 138, 139, 211–12
on Amistad, 70, 81
death of, 212–13
Forbes, Frederick, 41, 49, 51, 55, 56
Fordham, Peletiah, 88–90, 131, 147
Forrest, Edwin, 117
Forsyth, John, 149, 186
Fort Lomboko, see Lomboko
Fowler, L. N., 128
Fox, Henry Stephen, 186
Freetown, 23, 24, 30, 36, 44, 56, 60, 207, 217–20, 226
Fuli, 13–14, 14, 16, 18–19, 22, 28, 29, 41, 44, 138, 142, 156, 169, 179, 183, 194
on Amistad, 70–71
in rebellion, 75–76
return home, 221–22
testimony of, 146–47, 149
on tour, 198
Fuliwulu, 22, 30, 113
Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, 135
Gallinas Coast, 13, 19, 20, 23, 26, 28, 30, 34, 43–44, 217
domestic slavery in, 38–39
global market and, 39
Fort Lomboko on, see Lomboko
Poro Society and, see Poro Society
slave trade on, 40–42, 44, 46, 50
Gallinas (Kerefe) River, 23, 43, 45
Gardner, C. W., 206
Garnet, Henry Highland, 233–36
Garrison, William Lloyd, 9, 123, 172, 226
Gbandi people, 5, 22, 23, 56, 180
Gbatu, 26, 42
Gedney, Thomas, 91–92, 94, 96, 131–32, 147, 188, 190
Genduma, 23, 125
Gentleman, 196, 215–17
Gibbs, Josiah, 11, 106, 124, 127, 135–36, 147, 156, 157, 161, 180
Gilpin, Henry D., 186–87
Gladiator, The, 117
Gnakwoi, 22, 28, 37, 42, 56, 74
Gola people, 5, 22, 23, 37, 56, 180
Goterah, 37, 38, 74
Grabeau, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 38, 41, 51, 54–59, 61, 73, 74, 112, 113, 138, 142, 191, 228
on Amistad, 69, 70, 73
artistic depictions of, 166, 167, 169
athleticism of, 133
in rebellion, 73, 74, 80, 134
return home, 218
testimony of, 146–47, 149
Grampus, USS, 149–50, 234
Great Britain, 19, 226
abolitionists in, 105
Amistad case and, 186
slave trade and, 9, 16, 19–20, 40, 44, 47, 49, 52, 55, 57, 60, 64, 105, 169, 186, 188–89
greegree, 22–24, 98
Green, Henry, 88–91, 131, 147
“Greenland’s Icy Mountains,” 204
Grimké, Sarah, 229
Griswold, Benjamin, 127, 145, 155, 161, 168–69, 208–9, 214
Guanaja, 68
guns, 39, 67
Haitian Revolution, 9, 10, 20, 40
Hall, Thomas, 47, 49, 50–51
Hamblin, Thomas, 115
Hanson, Augustus W., 210–11
Harper’s Ferry, 234
Harrold, Stanley, 233
Hartford Courant, 177
Hartford Observer, 205
Heber, Reginald, 204
Henry, Patrick, 94, 171, 229
Herald of Freedom, 230
Hewins, Amasa, 3, 153, 159, 165–69, 171, 172–74, 229
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 236
historians, 4
History of the Amistad Captives, A (Barber), 54, 160–62, 164
Holabird, W. S., 147
Hooker, Edward, 108
Hooker, John, 210
Horrid Massacre in Virginia, 162
House of Martinez, 46
Hut Tax War, 33
“If I Could Read My Title Clear,” 200–201
Ingersoll, Charles, 98, 132
Inglis, Judge, 138, 184
Ingraham, J. H., 117
iron manufacture, 27–28
Isabella II, Queen, 8, 19
Islam, 22–24, 143
“Italian Prisoner, The” (Dickens), 122
Jack Sheppard, or, The Life of a Robber!, 118
Jackson, Andrew, 97
Jamaica, 9, 170
Janes, Dwight, 99, 104–5, 108, 118–19, 146, 147, 169–70, 235
Jerningham, G. S., 186
Jocelyn, Nathaniel, 106, 150, 171–74, 224–26, 229
Jocelyn, Simeon, 106, 120, 150, 161, 172
Johnson, William P., 206
Jones, Adam, 38
Jones, Samuel, 138, 184
Judson, Andrew, 96–99, 108, 128, 131, 132, 144, 146–48, 182, 184, 236
ruling of, 147–49, 152, 160
Kaba, 108
Kagne, 41, 65, 109, 110, 129, 136
at Pendleton household, 177, 178, 193, 194
return home, 220
Kale, 54, 58, 65, 77, 109, 112, 113, 156, 157, 158, 191, 193
letter to Adams from, 180–83, 192–93, 200
return home, 220
on tour, 198, 200
Kambahway, 35
Kapeli, 108
Kaw Mende, 23, 221
Kerefe (Gallinas) River, 23, 43, 45
Kimbo, 1, 26, 30, 56, 60, 61, 113–14, 138, 139, 161
on Amistad, 70, 73
in rebellion, 74, 75, 78, 99
Kindi, 42, 218
Kingston, 85
Kinna, 26, 28, 30, 54, 58, 59, 156, 179, 180, 191, 194, 201, 207–8, 212–13
on Amistad, 69, 70, 71, 72
Bible and, 158
in rebellion, 75, 77
return home, 216, 221
on tour, 198–99, 200, 204, 217
Kissi people, 22, 56
Kissicummah, 36
Koelle, Sigismund Wilhelm, 33–35, 36
Kondo federation, 22, 23, 56
Konkodoogore, 39
Konoma (Nazhulu), 22, 30, 97, 115, 162, 167, 168, 169
Kono people, 5, 22, 23, 56, 180
Kru people, 23, 48, 57
Kwong, 41
Laing, Alexander, 31–32, 34, 39
Lander, Richard, 161
languages, African, 33–34
Learned, Robert C., 127
Leavitt, Joshua, 11, 12, 104, 118–20, 161, 172, 185, 204–5, 233
Lewis, Alonzo, 133, 150
Liberator, 9, 106
Liberia, 7, 37, 48, 74, 161, 188
Liberty Leading the People (Delacroix), 168
Little, Kenneth, 27, 32, 134
Loma people, 5, 22, 23, 56, 180
Lomboko, 5, 14, 15, 21, 23, 37, 42–52, 73, 122, 125–26
Amistad Africans at, 49–52
barracoons of, 49–51, 50
horror stories of, 51–52
social routine at, 51
Long, Low Black Schooner, The, 114–18, 228, 229
Long Island, arrival of Amistad in, 2, 8, 20–21, 87–95
Louverture, Toussaint, 9, 21, 237
Lubos, 73
Ludlow, Henry G., 124, 127, 191
Madden, Richard Robert, 24, 41, 60–63, 127, 145, 160
Magill, S. W., 127
Magnificent Painting of the Massacre on board the schooner Amistad!! (Hewins), 165–69
Mana, King, 25, 227
Mandingo people, 56
Mano River, 23, 43
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at Pendleton household, 177, 178, 193, 194
return home, 220, 221
Mars, James, 210
Meade, Richard W., 91–94, 97, 99, 101, 124, 132
“medicine” (charms and amulets), 22–24, 98
Mende Mission, 204, 208–11, 213–15, 217–21, 226, 227
Mende people, 5, 22, 23, 24–30, 56, 58, 198, 217, 226
Amistad Africans’ return home and, 218–22
cotton manufacture in, 27–28
fellowship among, 59–60, 180
iron manufacture in, 27–28
Kossa term and, 24
land of, 26
languages known among, 30
leadership among, 25
in Mane Invasions, 25
palavers and, 34–35, 185
polygamy (polygyny) among, 25–26, 158–59
Poro Society and, see Poro Society
rice farming by, 26–27
sorcery beliefs among, 72
speakers among, 34
surrender ritual of, 89
warfare and, 35–38, 73–74, 78–79
Mendi People, 8, 59, 153, 174–75, 179–83, 199–202, 207
Men of Color, to Arms (Douglass), 234
Menzies, A., 24–25
Middle Passage, 5, 19, 54–60, 215–17, 228
Misericordia, La, 60–61
“Missionary Hymn,” 204
Moa River, 23, 42, 43
Monrovia, 23, 44
Montes, Pedro, 2, 62, 65, 76–87, 96–99, 101, 104, 124, 131–32, 145, 146, 149, 160, 176, 184, 187, 190, 193
arrest of, 138, 178
arrival in Long Island, 91, 92
artistic depictions of, 165, 167
deceptions of, 82, 86
lawsuit against, 138, 139
Mook, Thomas, 194
Morel, Junius C., 207
Morton, Thomas, 117
Moru, 1, 15–16, 16, 18, 19, 22, 41, 44, 161
on Amistad, 70
in rebellion, 74, 75, 99
Moulthrop, Sidney, 3, 153, 159, 163–65, 167, 172–74, 229
Murder of Jane McCrea, The, 162, 168
Muslims, 22–24, 143
Mystery, 234
National Convention of Colored Citizens, 233–34
Ndamma, 42, 79, 142, 167, 169
Ndzhagnwawni (Ngahoni), 30, 42
Negro Seamen Acts, 108
New England Anti-Slavery Society, 105
New Hampshire Sentinel, 197
New Haven Herald, 166
New London, Conn., 96
New London Gazette, 93, 94, 160, 232
New York Anti-Slavery Society, 192
New York Commercial Advertiser, 135–36
New York Journal of Commerce, 11, 103, 138, 139–40, 160, 206
New York Morning Herald, 11, 61, 105, 111–12, 119, 128–31, 134, 138, 140–41, 176, 196, 203, 204
New York Sun, 9, 11, 92–93, 102–4, 114, 119, 128, 228, 229
Norton, John Pitkin, 30, 192
Norton, John Treadwell, 192, 211, 234–35
No Rum! No Sugar! or, The Voice of Blood, 16–19