Amistad - Supreme Court records Free
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. There were treaties involved, and 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. Continue…
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pending
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Oct. 30, 1839
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Nath'l (Nathaniel) S. Burton, Esq.
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transmission
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consistently
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necessity
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ordered
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Clerk
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judgement
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sentenced
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Washington City
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recollect
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Theodore Sedgwick
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Seth P Staples
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declared to be free
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Source Information
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. Original data from: The National Archives
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