- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Captain da Cortá, Joaquin Antonio
- Date
- June 30,1840
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (14.9 x 21 cm)
- Description
- A single-sided handwritten letter to the captain of the Convenção from the Rio de Janeiro police. There is a signature at the lower right of the main text, and a notation in a separate hand at the bottom left corner of the document. Both texts include the date [Junio 30 1840].
- Place depicted
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latin America, South America
- Montevideo, Uruguay, Latin America, South America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- letters (correspondence)
- Topic
- Colonialism
- Commerce
- Law
- Portuguese colonialism
- Slave trade
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.235.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




