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Gerry, James T., 1797-1854 to Emily L. Gerry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09099.04 Author/Creator: Gerry, James T., 1797-1854 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 December 1839 Pagination: 4 p. : address ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Slave trade to Cuba and the evils of the slave traders. Details the methods used by traders who bring slaves to Cuba, and the horrible acts they have committed. Also discusses personal and family affairs, events in his daily life, and happenings in the Navy. "The Slave Trade is carried on openly from the port to a very great extent and that altogether in American built vessels and thru the agency of Americans...vessels arrive and depart daily, that are known to be Slavers...The horid barbarities committed by these fiends of darkness upon the poor Africans after they are taken on board surpass the most glowing accounts we have ever read of." Written on board the U.S.S. "Warren" at Havana.

Gerry, James Thompson, 1797-1854
Gerry, Emily Louisa, 1802-1894

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