The USS Dolphin captured the Echo, a ship based in نيو أورلينز, off the coast of كوبا with 318 slaves aboard. The captain was sent to بوسطن for trial but the crew was sent to Charleston, South Carolina. The surviving Africans were repatriated. In April 1859, a jury in Charleston found the crew members not guilty of violating United States laws against the تاريخ العبودية. Andrew, Rod. Wade Hampton: Confederate warrior to southern redeemer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. (ردمك 978-0-8078-3193-9). Retrieved July 26, 2011. pp.54–55 نسخة محفوظة 26 يونيو 2014 على موقع واي باك مشين.
The USS Dolphin captured the Echo, a ship based in نيو أورلينز, off the coast of كوبا with 318 slaves aboard. The captain was sent to بوسطن for trial but the crew was sent to Charleston, South Carolina. The surviving Africans were repatriated. In April 1859, a jury in Charleston found the crew members not guilty of violating United States laws against the تاريخ العبودية. Andrew, Rod. Wade Hampton: Confederate warrior to southern redeemer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. (ردمك 978-0-8078-3193-9). Retrieved July 26, 2011. pp.54–55 نسخة محفوظة 26 يونيو 2014 على موقع واي باك مشين.