The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America / 1638-1870

by W. E. B. Du Bois

1839. Eagle, Clara, and Wyoming, with American and Spanish flags and papers and an American crew, captured by British cruisers, and brought to New York. The United States government declined to interfere in case of the Eagle and the Clara, and they were taken to Jamaica. The Wyoming was forfeited to the United States. Ibid., pp. 92–104, 109, 112, 118–9, 180–4; Niles's Register, LVI. 256; LVII. 128, 208.

1839. Florida, protected from British cruisers by American papers. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 113–5.

1839. ——. Five American slavers arrive at Havana from Africa, under American flags. Ibid., p. 192.

1839. ——. Twenty-three American slavers clear from Havana. Ibid., pp. 190–1, 221.

1839. Rebecca, part Spanish, condemned at Sierra Leone. House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, pp. 649–54, 675–84.

1839. Douglas and Iago, American slavers, visited by British cruisers, for which the United States demanded indemnity. Ibid., pp. 542–65, 731–55; Senate Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377, pp. 39–45, 107–12, 116–24, 160–1, 181–2.

1839, April 9. Susan, suspected slaver, boarded by the British. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 34–41.

1839, July-Sept. Dolphin (or Constitução), Hound, Mary Cushing (or Sete de Avril), with American and Spanish flags and papers. Ibid., pp. 28, 51–5, 109–10, 136, 234–8;

House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, pp. 709–15.

1839, Aug. L'Amistad, slaver, with fifty-three Negroes on board, who mutinied; the vessel was then captured by a United States vessel and brought into Connecticut; the Negroes were declared free. House Doc., 26 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 185; 27 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 191; 28 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 83; House Exec. Doc., 32 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 20; House Reports, 26 Cong. 2 sess. No. 51; 28 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 426; 29 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 753; Senate Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 179; Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 29; 32 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 19; Senate Reports, 31 Cong. 2 sess. No. 301; 32 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 158; 35 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 36; Decisions of the United States Supreme Court in 15 Peters, 518; Opinions of the Attorneys-General, III. 484–92.