. The New England magazine. 76 THE AMISTAD THE FARMINGTON CHURCH. remaining slaves and property. Dis-trict Attorney Holabird (of Win-sted), under Gedneys libel, putforth claims: first, that the Africanshad been claimed by the gov-ernment of Spain according to thetreaty of 1795, and ought to be re- tained till the pleasure ofthe Executive might beknown as to the demand;second, that they shouldbe held subject to thePresidents instructions, tobe taken to Africa underthe act of 1819. TheSpanish consul filed alibel in behalf of the own-ers abroad; and later, An-tonio, the cabin boy, who,

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. The New England magazine. 76 THE AMISTAD THE FARMINGTON CHURCH. remaining slaves and property. Dis-trict Attorney Holabird (of Win-sted), under Gedneys libel, putforth claims: first, that the Africanshad been claimed by the gov-ernment of Spain according to thetreaty of 1795, and ought to be re- tained till the pleasure ofthe Executive might beknown as to the demand;second, that they shouldbe held subject to thePresidents instructions, tobe taken to Africa underthe act of 1819. TheSpanish consul filed alibel in behalf of the own-ers abroad; and later, An-tonio, the cabin boy, who,being a Cuban, was legallythe slave of the dead cap-tain, was the subject of an-other claim. Was ever socomplicated an accumula-tion of charges broughtagainst a band of stran-gers? At the September courtin Hartford, JudgreThompson, not friendlyto their cause, decided that they couldnot be tried in our courts for murderon the high seas, on a Spanish Judge Judson the decision wasalso made that no claims for salvagecould be met by selling men

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