Amistad - Supreme Court records
Records: 1,025 · Complete: 100%
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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Attorney General's Summary and Opinion
Decree of the Court Freeing the Africans
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" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/5/amistad-supreme-court-records: accessed October 20, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Amistad - Supreme Court records
- Total Records
- 1,025 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M2012
- Record Group
- 267
- Published on Fold3
- 06 Feb 2007
- Last Updated
- 06 Feb 2007
- 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.