United States v. Schooner Amistad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_v._Schooner_Amistad
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:The_Amistad_Case
gptkbp:citation gptkb:40_U.S._(15_Pet.)_518
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1841-03-09
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:docketNumber No. 18
gptkbp:heldBy Africans had been illegally enslaved
Africans were free and not slaves
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States v. Schooner Amistad
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:John_Quincy_Adams
gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Roger_Sherman_Baldwin
gptkb:Joseph_Cinqué
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Joseph_Story
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Amistad_slave_ship_revolt
gptkbp:predecessor anti-slavery movement in the United States
gptkbp:principle right to self-defense against unlawful captivity
gptkbp:relatedTo abolitionism
transatlantic slave trade
gptkbp:result Africans returned to Africa
gptkbp:subject gptkb:international_relations
slavery
maritime law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:La_Amistad_case
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7