Name: The Captives of the Amistad — Section 5
Author: Simeon E. Baldwin

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Simeon E. Baldwin, The Captives of the Amistad — Section 5

“ Adams, you have children, you have friends, you love them, you feel very sorry if Mendi people come and carry them all to Africa. We feel bad for our friends, and our friends all feel bad for us. Americans no take us in ship. We on shore and Americans tell us slave ship catch us. They say we make you free. If they make us free they tell true, if they no make us free they tell lie. If America people give us free we glad, if they no give us free we sorry—we sorry for Mendi people little, we sorry for America people great deal, because God punish liars. ”

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Simeon E. Baldwin, The Captives of the Amistad — Section 5

“ Mendi people think, think, think. Nobody know what he think; teacher he know, we tell him some. Mendi people have got souls. We think we know God punish us if we tell lie. We never tell lie; we speak truth. What for Mendi people afraid? Because they got souls. Cook say he kill, he eat Mendi people—we afraid—we kill cook; then captain kill one man with knife, and cut Mendi people plenty. We never kill captain, he no kill us. If Court ask who brought Mendi people to America? We bring ourselves. ”

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Simeon E. Baldwin, The Captives of the Amistad — Section 5

“ Some people say Mendi people crazy; Mendi people dolt, because we no talk America language. Merica people no talk Mendi language; Merica people dolt? They tell bad things about Mendi people, and we no understand. Some men say Mendi people very happy because they laugh and have plenty to eat. Mr. Pendleton [10] come, and Mendi people all look sorry because they think about Mendi land and friends we no see now. Mr. Pendleton say Mendi people angry; white men afraid of Mendi people. The Mendi people no look sorry again—that why we laugh. But Mendi people feel sorry ”

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Simeon E. Baldwin, The Captives of the Amistad — Section 5

“ Yet shall we refuse to act, because we are not gifted with the power of divination? We can only do the best in our power. The lot must decide their fate, and the Almighty will direct the hand that acts in the selection. ”

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Simeon E. Baldwin, The Captives of the Amistad — Section 5

“ Chief Justice Marshal delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court, and declared that the slave-trade had always been recognized as not unlawful by the law of nations, though it was prohibited by Act of Congress to Americans; but that while the Spanish and Portuguese claims for restitution were valid, each of those governments was bound to make out by satisfactory evidence which of the negroes belonged to its subjects. ”

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Simeon E. Baldwin, The Captives of the Amistad — Section 5

“ We all born in Mendi—we no understand the Spanish language. Mendi people been in America 17 moons. We talk American language little, not very good; we write every day; we write plenty letters; we read most all time ”

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Simeon E. Baldwin, The Captives of the Amistad — Section 5

“ When the Africans heard that the argument in the Supreme Court was about to come on, they determined to write a letter to Mr. Adams, and Ka-le a bright boy of eleven who had picked up more English than the older ones, was selected as the scribe. The following was the result, written with no aid from white men:
New Haven, Jan. 4, 1841
Dear Friend Mr. Adams:
I want to write a letter to you because you love Mendi people, and you talk to the grand court. ”

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