Title: 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.
Object type: Book
Date: 1840
Artist:  John Warner Barber 
Artist bio: American, Windsor, Connecticut 1798–1885 New Haven, Connecticut
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Illustrator
Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving with hand-coloring and letterpress
Dimensions: Overall: 9 7/16 x 6 1/8 in. (24 x 15.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
Geography: Published in New Haven Connecticut        
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Slavery