United States v. The Amistad

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:The_Amistad_Case
gptkbp:arguedDate	1841-02-22
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States African-American history 1841 in United States case law International law cases Supreme Court cases of the Taney Court
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States v. The Amistad
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:John_Quincy_Adams gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren gptkb:Roger_Sherman_Baldwin gptkb:Joseph_Cinqué
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Joseph_Story
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:Amistad_(schooner)
gptkbp:predecessor	abolitionist movement
gptkbp:principle	right to self-defense against unlawful captivity
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Amistad_revolt
gptkbp:result	Africans allowed to return to Africa Africans were declared free
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:international_relations slavery admiralty law
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Amistad_case
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5