Report of the trials in the Echo cases, in federal court, Charleston, S.C., April, 1859 : together with arguments of counsel and charge of the court

"The cases of the prisoners taken on board the brig Echo, charged with the crime of piracy, for a violation of the laws of the United States in suppression of the foreign slave trade, came on for trial in the Circuit Court of the United States ... These prisoners have been included in two indic...

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Language:English
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Bates, R. T. > Trials, litigation, etc
Echo (Ship)
Slave trade > United States
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
Trials (Piracy) > South Carolina > Charleston
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Summary:"The cases of the prisoners taken on board the brig Echo, charged with the crime of piracy, for a violation of the laws of the United States in suppression of the foreign slave trade, came on for trial in the Circuit Court of the United States ... These prisoners have been included in two indictments of the ten prisoners, first tried, were as follows: R.T. Bates, Alexander Rogers, Archibald Scott, William Henrys, George P. Aken, John E. Copell, John Pasco, Vital De Miranda, Jose Gonzalez Lima, Antonio Milanovich."--p. [7]. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.