United States v. The Amistad
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
court case
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| gptkbp:caseTypes |
civil rights case
constitutional law case maritime law case |
| gptkbp:court |
reversal of lower court ruling
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| gptkbp:culturalImpact |
literature
artworks film adaptations |
| gptkbp:date |
1841
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Transatlantic_slave_trade
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
civil rights
human rights |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
United States v. The Amistad
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| gptkbp:impact |
U.S._legal_system
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
public opinion
political climate abolitionist literature international pressure |
| gptkbp:involved |
Cinqué
Spanish_slave_traders |
| gptkbp:judges |
gptkb:Justice_Joseph_Story
Chief_Justice_Roger_B._Taney |
| gptkbp:keyFigures |
gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Roger_B._Taney gptkb:Amistad_captives gptkb:James_Monroe gptkb:John_Quincy_Adams gptkb:Joseph_Story Cinqué abolitionists Spanish_government_officials |
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
gptkb:John_Quincy_Adams
slavery establishment of legal precedent recognition of illegal slave trade return_of_the_captives_to_Africa |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:outcome |
freedom of the captives
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| gptkbp:precedent |
international law
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| gptkbp:publicAccess |
controversy
abolitionist support |
| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
The Antelope
The La Amistad |
| gptkbp:significance |
abolitionist movement
|