History of The San Antonio
Originally built as one of the Baltimore clippers at the Schott and Whitney shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland and called Asp, she was one of the smallest of a class of schooners and brigs built specifically for the slave trade between 1820 and 1850. A group of six schooners, including La Amistad was built in Baltimore around 1836. They were identified as being "urposely built and fitted out for use in the slave trade by the United States Consul General in Havana", and Asp was typical of the class.
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