Page 6; Appellate Case File No. 2161, United States v. The Amistad, 40 U.S. 518 (15 Peters 518), Decided March 9, 1841, and Related Lower Court and Department of Justice Records

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    • March 9. 1841
    • 3 March 1819
    • custody
    • declared to be free
    • United States
    • Schooner Amistad
    • cargo
    • President of the United States
    • Connecticut

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These records contain correspondence and court documents of the Supreme Court case related to the "Amistad." Claims of salvage of the ship, cargo, and slaves on board were decided by the Supreme Court in 1841. The case was a flash point for the abolitionist movement of the time. Handwritten records of this landmark case illuminate the conflict over slavery at that time, and are good examples of the operation of the US judicial system. The case was popularized in Steven Spielberg's 1997 movie.

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Publication Number:
M2012
Publication Title:
Appellate Case File No. 2161, United States v. The Amistad, 40 U.S. 518 (15 Peters 518), Decided March 9, 1841, and Related Lower Court and Department of Justice Records
Publisher:
NARA
State:
Connecticut
Date:
March 9, 1841
Short Description:
NARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the "Amistad," a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839.
Record Source:
Records of the Supreme Court of the US
Document Number:
5
Page:
6
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