first edition
by African American, Navy
[African American] [Military] Southard, Samuel L. (Secretary of the Navy). "Recaptured Africans: Letter From the Secretary of the Navy, Transmitting the Information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 5th instant, in relation to The Present Conditions and Probable Annual Expense of the United Stats agency for Recaptured Africans on the Coast of Africa." Washington: Gales & Seaton, March 12, 1828. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. Original Government Document Number 193 from the 20th Congress, First Session. House of Representatives., Navy Dept. First Edition 15 pages. Measures 5.5" x 8.75". Prints a two-page letter from Samuel L. Southard, The Secretary of Navy, concerning "Recaptured Africans" off the coast of Africa, including the annual expense incurred by the United States' Agency for Recaptured Africans, followed by the text of five letters from J. Ashmun of the United States Navy Department, sent from Cape Mesurado, including tables detailing information about 142 recaptured Africans, noting the current status of each individual that has been recaptured as of September 1827. This document deals with US Government policy, after the slave trade had been made illegal, toward captured Africans who were seized by the US Navy from illegal slave ships. Most of these 142 individuals were taken to camps in Key West and Charleston,SC and later returned to Africa, usually Liberia. The document gives detailed descriptions of the camps where detainees were held and lists of most of the detainees. A recent book by Sharla M. Fett, Recaptured Africans: Surviving Slave Ships, Detention, and Dislocation in the Final Years of the Slave Trade, has traced the history of this little-known policy in great detail. Printed wrappers with minor foxing from age. Unbound but still together. Text is clean. Overall, in very good condition. This document is uncommon. As of this writing, WorldCat locates only 8 copies in libraries worldwide.
(Inventory #: 20467)