Amistad - Supreme Court records

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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Source Information

Publication Title

Amistad - Supreme Court records

Total Records

Records: 1,025 · Complete: 100%

Content Source

The National Archives

Publication Number:

M2012

Record Group:

267

Published on Fold3

February 6, 2007

Last Updated

February 6, 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.