cinguez

Updated: May 12, 2025

After the decision giving them their liberty, the anti-slavery society, who had been vigilant in its endeavors to have them liberated ever since their advent on American shores, held a monster meeting to receive them. Frederick Douglass introduced "Cinguez" to the meeting. I cannot forget or fail to feel the inspiration of that scene.

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs - Shadow and Light : An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century

Cinguez, one of, and at the head of the captives, rebelled while at sea, killing a number of the crew and taking possession of the ship. In the concluding scene of the foregoing drama, Mr. Douglass was an actor, I an observer.

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs - Shadow and Light : An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century

Cinguez, with unintelligible utterance in African dialect with emphatic gesture, his liberty loving soul on fire, while burning words strove for expression, described his action on the memorable night of his emancipation, with such vividness, power, and pathos that the audience seemed to see every act of the drama and feel the pulsation of his great heart.

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs - Shadow and Light : An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century

After sometime of circuitous wandering the vessel ran into Long Island Sound and was taken possession of by the United States authorities. Cinguez, as hero and patriot, ennobled African character.

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs - Shadow and Light : An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century