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A Legal Slave Uprising? | United States v. The Amistad
I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. For more about the Amistad Case, check out "Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy" by Howard Jones, available here: https://amzn.to/2OhyMmM In episode 37 of Supreme Court Briefs, a slave uprising on a ship called The Amistad leads it to the shores of the United States, where the Supreme Court eventually determines their fate. This episode was suggested by my wonderful Patreon supporter Elcaspar! Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: htt...
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The United States v. The Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad Case Brief Summary
Get more case briefs explained with Quimbee. Quimbee has over 16,300 case briefs (and counting) keyed to 223 casebooks ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-overview The United States v. The Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad | 40 U.S. 518 (1841) During the first decades of the nineteenth century, the United States, along with several European countries, outlawed the transatlantic slave trade. However, this didn’t prevent the trade from continuing illegally. In the Amistad case, the United States Supreme Court was confronted with a monumental question: were Africans kidnapped by illegal slave traders really slaves, or were they free? In June eighteen thirty nine, a Spanish ship named the Amistad left port in Havana bound for Puerto Principe, Cuba. On board were the ship’s...
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The Amistad History
The Amistad History: The Amistad was a ship that was the scene of one of the most famous uprisings of enslaved people in history. The uprising would lead all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States. Questions below: 1. What island was the Amistad traveling to? 2. In order to sail back to Africa what did the Mende men order the Spanish sailors to do? 3. What was the Amistad Captives' defense in court? What did they argue? 4. Who defended the captives in the Supreme Court? 5. How do you think slaveowners responded to the Amistad decision? Why would they respond this way? SUPPORT THE DAILY BELLRINGER: https://www.patreon.com/dailybellringer EMAIL LIST SIGN-UP: https://tinyletter.com/thedailybellringer ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AND WORKSHEETS FOR MANY OF THE BELLRINGER VIDEOS ON WEBSI...
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Cinque and his fellow Amistad captives - so called because they were being transported to slavery on the schooner La Amistad when they revolted and took over the ship - were charged with murder and piracy for their actions. In their defense, the captives contended they revolted as free Africans who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery. The trial became a cause celebre for abolitionists and in 1841, the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed with the Africans' assertions and ordered them freed. Amistad has been hailed as the first civil rights case to come before the U.S. Supreme Court. It is also the first time that a former president - John Quincy Adams - argued a case before the nation's highest tribunal. Despite its prominence and the Court's surprising ruling, howeve...
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United States v. Libellants & Claimants of the Schooner Amistad (1841) Overview | LSData Case Brief
The case is about the schooner L'Amistad, which was transporting slaves from Cuba to Puerto Principe. The slaves revolted, killed the captain, and took control of the ship. The Spanish owners of the slaves claimed their ownership, while the Africans claimed to be free and unlawfully transported to Cuba as slaves. The United States argued for the return of the slaves to the Spanish owners under a treaty, but it was found that the Africans were kidnapped and illegally sold into slavery in violation of international law. The most relevant facts were the ownership claims, the illegal transportation of the slaves, and the conflict of rights between the parties. United States v. Libellants & Claimants of the Schooner Amistad (1841) Supreme Court of the United States 15 Pet. 518, 40 U.S. 518, 10...
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9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slave case and sets the captured Africans free
Early in 1839 a number of Africans, including Joseph Cinqué from Sierra Leone, had been kidnapped by Portuguese slavers and transported to Cuba. This was in clear violation of international laws that prohibited the African slave trade. Once smuggled into Cuba, where slavery remained legal, the Africans were sold as slaves and transported along the coast on the Spanish-owned Amistad. It was during this journey that Cinqué led the slaves in a revolt against the crew that resulted in the deaths of the ship’s captain and cook. The Africans demanded that the remaining crew return them to Africa, but instead they sailed north for sixty days. Having been spotted by American authorities the ship was taken into US custody off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. A long legal battle then ensu...
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9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slave case
The United States vs. The Amistad case was a landmark legal battle in the struggle against slavery and provided the abolitionist movement with huge publicity. Early in 1839 a number of Africans, including Joseph Cinqué from Sierra Leone, had been kidnapped by Portuguese slavers and transported to Cuba. This was in clear violation of international laws that prohibited the African slave trade. However, once smuggled into Cuba – where slavery remained legal – they were sold on as slaves and transported along the coast on the Spanish-owned Amistad. It was while on this journey that Cinqué led the slaves in a revolt against the crew that resulted in the deaths of the ship’s captain and cook. The Africans demanded the remaining crew return them to Africa, but instead they sailed north for 60 d...
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A Legal Slave Uprising? | United States v. The Amistad
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I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html.
For more about the Amistad Case, check out "Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy" by Howard Jones, available here: https://amzn.to/2OhyMmM
In episode 37 of Supreme Court Briefs, a slave uprising on a ship called The Amistad leads it to the shores of the United States, where the Supreme Court eventually determines their fate.
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https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/john-quincy-adams-and-amistad-case-1841
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._The_Amistad
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/40/518.html
https://www.history.com/topics/amistad-case
https://www.law.cornell.edu/background/amistad/summary.html
https://www.law.cornell.edu/background/amistad/priorhist.html
http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/courses/aas405c/talk.htm
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Havana, Cuba
June 27, 1839
A Spanish ship called The Amistad (ahmichad) leaves for the Province of Puerto Principe (prince e pay), another part of Cuba. On board, 53 illegally purchased African slaves. On July 2nd, one of the slaves broke free and freed others on the ship. Soon there was an uprising. After a big struggle that resulted in the deaths of the captain of the ship and at least three others, the slaves took over the ship, forcing two dudes named Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez to redirect the ship across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa. Ruiz and Montez deceived the Africans, however, and ended up sailing the Amistad up the east coast of the United States, dropping anchor just off the coast of Long Island, New York, on August 26, 1839.
The United States Revenue Cutter Service...wait wait a second...What the heck is this organization? Well just think of them as the Coast Guard before the Coast Guard existed. Anyway, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, led by Americans Thomas Gedney and Richard Meade, arrested the Africans after they reached the shore and took custody of the Amistad. Gedney and Meade made sure the Africans were brought to Connecticut, since slavery was still technically legal in that state.
After President Martin Van Buren found out about them, he was like, send them back to Cuba to go on trial. Spain, who controlled Cuba at the time, was like “yeah, bring them here.” After all, the Amistad was a Spanish ship and Ruiz and Montez were Spanish citizens. Britain chimed in since they had a deal with Spain prohibiting the slave trade south of the equator and said that this slave uprising at sea fell under international law. But a bunch of abolitionists were ultimately able to pressure the United States government to keep the Africans in the country, and they got a trial in the District of Connecticut. Keep in mind that at the time, the slave trade was illegal in the United States. The Africans were charged with mutiny and murder.
In court, there were a lot of people involved and wanting stuff. First, Ruiz and Montez argued the Africans were slaves and their property. They also argued that since the slave trade was legal in Spain, they had a right to regain control of them. And then there was a lawyer representing Spain, who argued the the slaves rightfully be returned to Ruiz and Montez or sent back to Africa. The Africans, who were represented by an abolitionist group called the Amistad Committee, all argued that they were born free in their native Africa and unlawfully kidnapped to be sold as slaves. Plus, they landed in New York, where slavery was illegal. The Amistad Committee also accused Ruiz and Montez of assault, kidnapping, and false imprisonment. And then, Gedney, as well as several others who helped Ruiz and Montez “rescue” the “cargo,” aka Africans, argued they deserved a piece of the pie. They were like, we helped you get your slaves, so can we have a few? Another Spanish dude named Antonio Vega tried to get the captain’s personal slave, claiming he actually owned him. Whew. What a mess of a case.
The district court ruled that the Africans aboard the Amistad were unlawfully kidnapped, and ordered the U.S. government to return them to Africa. It was appealed by Martin Van Buren to the Circuit Court and then to the Supreme Court.
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For more about the Amistad Case, check out "Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy" by Howard Jones, available here: https://amzn.to/2OhyMmM
In episode 37 of Supreme Court Briefs, a slave uprising on a ship called The Amistad leads it to the shores of the United States, where the Supreme Court eventually determines their fate.
This episode was suggested by my wonderful Patreon supporter Elcaspar! Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat
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Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video used under fair use, original content, or found in the public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat).
Check out cool primary sources here:
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/None
Other sources used:
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/john-quincy-adams-and-amistad-case-1841
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._The_Amistad
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/40/518.html
https://www.history.com/topics/amistad-case
https://www.law.cornell.edu/background/amistad/summary.html
https://www.law.cornell.edu/background/amistad/priorhist.html
http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/courses/aas405c/talk.htm
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DanTD
Havana, Cuba
June 27, 1839
A Spanish ship called The Amistad (ahmichad) leaves for the Province of Puerto Principe (prince e pay), another part of Cuba. On board, 53 illegally purchased African slaves. On July 2nd, one of the slaves broke free and freed others on the ship. Soon there was an uprising. After a big struggle that resulted in the deaths of the captain of the ship and at least three others, the slaves took over the ship, forcing two dudes named Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez to redirect the ship across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa. Ruiz and Montez deceived the Africans, however, and ended up sailing the Amistad up the east coast of the United States, dropping anchor just off the coast of Long Island, New York, on August 26, 1839.
The United States Revenue Cutter Service...wait wait a second...What the heck is this organization? Well just think of them as the Coast Guard before the Coast Guard existed. Anyway, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, led by Americans Thomas Gedney and Richard Meade, arrested the Africans after they reached the shore and took custody of the Amistad. Gedney and Meade made sure the Africans were brought to Connecticut, since slavery was still technically legal in that state.
After President Martin Van Buren found out about them, he was like, send them back to Cuba to go on trial. Spain, who controlled Cuba at the time, was like “yeah, bring them here.” After all, the Amistad was a Spanish ship and Ruiz and Montez were Spanish citizens. Britain chimed in since they had a deal with Spain prohibiting the slave trade south of the equator and said that this slave uprising at sea fell under international law. But a bunch of abolitionists were ultimately able to pressure the United States government to keep the Africans in the country, and they got a trial in the District of Connecticut. Keep in mind that at the time, the slave trade was illegal in the United States. The Africans were charged with mutiny and murder.
In court, there were a lot of people involved and wanting stuff. First, Ruiz and Montez argued the Africans were slaves and their property. They also argued that since the slave trade was legal in Spain, they had a right to regain control of them. And then there was a lawyer representing Spain, who argued the the slaves rightfully be returned to Ruiz and Montez or sent back to Africa. The Africans, who were represented by an abolitionist group called the Amistad Committee, all argued that they were born free in their native Africa and unlawfully kidnapped to be sold as slaves. Plus, they landed in New York, where slavery was illegal. The Amistad Committee also accused Ruiz and Montez of assault, kidnapping, and false imprisonment. And then, Gedney, as well as several others who helped Ruiz and Montez “rescue” the “cargo,” aka Africans, argued they deserved a piece of the pie. They were like, we helped you get your slaves, so can we have a few? Another Spanish dude named Antonio Vega tried to get the captain’s personal slave, claiming he actually owned him. Whew. What a mess of a case.
The district court ruled that the Africans aboard the Amistad were unlawfully kidnapped, and ordered the U.S. government to return them to Africa. It was appealed by Martin Van Buren to the Circuit Court and then to the Supreme Court.
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The United States v. The Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad | 40 U.S. 518 (1841)
During the first decades of the nineteenth century, the United States, along with several European countries, outlawed the transatlantic slave trade. However, this didn’t prevent the trade from continuing illegally. In the Amistad case, the United States Supreme Court was confronted with a monumental question: were Africans kidnapped by illegal slave traders really slaves, or were they free?
In June eighteen thirty nine, a Spanish ship named the Amistad left port in Havana bound for Puerto Principe, Cuba. On board were the ship’s captain; two Spanish planters named Pedro Montez and Jose Ruiz; and a group of Mende tribe members from the present day African nation of Sierra Leone. During the voyage, the Mende mutinied, killing the captain and taking control of the ship. In August, a United States naval officer discovered the Amistad off the coast of Long Island. The ship was towed to Connecticut, and all the parties were brought before a federal district court.
Montez and Ruiz asked the court to return the Mende, claiming that the tribe members were their slaves and therefore their property. The United States intervened on behalf of the Spanish government, citing a treaty between the U S and Spain that required the return of salvaged property belonging to Spanish citizens. The Mende argued that they weren’t slaves, but instead were free people who’d been illegally kidnapped from Africa and transported to Cuba.
The district court found for the Mende, declared them free, and ordered their return to Africa. The Circuit Court affirmed, and the United States appealed to the U S Supreme Court, where former president John Quincy Adams represented the Mende.
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The United States v. The Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad | 40 U.S. 518 (1841)
During the first decades of the nineteenth century, the United States, along with several European countries, outlawed the transatlantic slave trade. However, this didn’t prevent the trade from continuing illegally. In the Amistad case, the United States Supreme Court was confronted with a monumental question: were Africans kidnapped by illegal slave traders really slaves, or were they free?
In June eighteen thirty nine, a Spanish ship named the Amistad left port in Havana bound for Puerto Principe, Cuba. On board were the ship’s captain; two Spanish planters named Pedro Montez and Jose Ruiz; and a group of Mende tribe members from the present day African nation of Sierra Leone. During the voyage, the Mende mutinied, killing the captain and taking control of the ship. In August, a United States naval officer discovered the Amistad off the coast of Long Island. The ship was towed to Connecticut, and all the parties were brought before a federal district court.
Montez and Ruiz asked the court to return the Mende, claiming that the tribe members were their slaves and therefore their property. The United States intervened on behalf of the Spanish government, citing a treaty between the U S and Spain that required the return of salvaged property belonging to Spanish citizens. The Mende argued that they weren’t slaves, but instead were free people who’d been illegally kidnapped from Africa and transported to Cuba.
The district court found for the Mende, declared them free, and ordered their return to Africa. The Circuit Court affirmed, and the United States appealed to the U S Supreme Court, where former president John Quincy Adams represented the Mende.
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The Amistad History: The Amistad was a ship that was the scene of one of the most famous uprisings of enslaved people in history. The uprising would lead all th...
The Amistad History: The Amistad was a ship that was the scene of one of the most famous uprisings of enslaved people in history. The uprising would lead all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States. Questions below:
1. What island was the Amistad traveling to?
2. In order to sail back to Africa what did the Mende men order the Spanish sailors to do?
3. What was the Amistad Captives' defense in court? What did they argue?
4. Who defended the captives in the Supreme Court?
5. How do you think slaveowners responded to the Amistad decision? Why would they respond this way?
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The Amistad History: The Amistad was a ship that was the scene of one of the most famous uprisings of enslaved people in history. The uprising would lead all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States. Questions below:
1. What island was the Amistad traveling to?
2. In order to sail back to Africa what did the Mende men order the Spanish sailors to do?
3. What was the Amistad Captives' defense in court? What did they argue?
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The Amistad Case | "Give us Free"
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Cinque and his fellow Amistad captives - so called because they were being transported to slavery on the schooner La Amistad when they revolted and took over th...
Cinque and his fellow Amistad captives - so called because they were being transported to slavery on the schooner La Amistad when they revolted and took over the ship - were charged with murder and piracy for their actions. In their defense, the captives contended they revolted as free Africans who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery. The trial became a cause celebre for abolitionists and in 1841, the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed with the Africans' assertions and ordered them freed. Amistad has been hailed as the first civil rights case to come before the U.S. Supreme Court. It is also the first time that a former president - John Quincy Adams - argued a case before the nation's highest tribunal. Despite its prominence and the Court's surprising ruling, however, the case had little impact in diminishing slavery in the young nation.
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Cinque and his fellow Amistad captives - so called because they were being transported to slavery on the schooner La Amistad when they revolted and took over the ship - were charged with murder and piracy for their actions. In their defense, the captives contended they revolted as free Africans who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery. The trial became a cause celebre for abolitionists and in 1841, the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed with the Africans' assertions and ordered them freed. Amistad has been hailed as the first civil rights case to come before the U.S. Supreme Court. It is also the first time that a former president - John Quincy Adams - argued a case before the nation's highest tribunal. Despite its prominence and the Court's surprising ruling, however, the case had little impact in diminishing slavery in the young nation.
This animated video is part of the Virtual Museum of Law, presented by the State Bar of Georgia's Law-Related Education Program and funded by the Cornerstones of Freedom® program. Learn more at http://www.thelawmuseum.org/work/amistad-case
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United States v The Amistad (1839)
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United States v. Libellants & Claimants of the Schooner Amistad (1841) Overview | LSData Case Brief
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The case is about the schooner L'Amistad, which was transporting slaves from Cuba to Puerto Principe. The slaves revolted, killed the captain, and took control ...
The case is about the schooner L'Amistad, which was transporting slaves from Cuba to Puerto Principe. The slaves revolted, killed the captain, and took control of the ship. The Spanish owners of the slaves claimed their ownership, while the Africans claimed to be free and unlawfully transported to Cuba as slaves. The United States argued for the return of the slaves to the Spanish owners under a treaty, but it was found that the Africans were kidnapped and illegally sold into slavery in violation of international law. The most relevant facts were the ownership claims, the illegal transportation of the slaves, and the conflict of rights between the parties.
United States v. Libellants & Claimants of the Schooner Amistad (1841)
Supreme Court of the United States
15 Pet. 518, 40 U.S. 518, 10 L. Ed. 826, SCDB 1841-028, 1841 U.S. LEXIS 279
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The case is about the schooner L'Amistad, which was transporting slaves from Cuba to Puerto Principe. The slaves revolted, killed the captain, and took control of the ship. The Spanish owners of the slaves claimed their ownership, while the Africans claimed to be free and unlawfully transported to Cuba as slaves. The United States argued for the return of the slaves to the Spanish owners under a treaty, but it was found that the Africans were kidnapped and illegally sold into slavery in violation of international law. The most relevant facts were the ownership claims, the illegal transportation of the slaves, and the conflict of rights between the parties.
United States v. Libellants & Claimants of the Schooner Amistad (1841)
Supreme Court of the United States
15 Pet. 518, 40 U.S. 518, 10 L. Ed. 826, SCDB 1841-028, 1841 U.S. LEXIS 279
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9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slave case and sets the captured Africans free
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Early in 1839 a number of Africans, including Joseph Cinqué from Sierra Leone, had been kidnapped by Portuguese slavers and transported to Cuba. This was in cle...
Early in 1839 a number of Africans, including Joseph Cinqué from Sierra Leone, had been kidnapped by Portuguese slavers and transported to Cuba. This was in clear violation of international laws that prohibited the African slave trade.
Once smuggled into Cuba, where slavery remained legal, the Africans were sold as slaves and transported along the coast on the Spanish-owned Amistad. It was during this journey that Cinqué led the slaves in a revolt against the crew that resulted in the deaths of the ship’s captain and cook.
The Africans demanded that the remaining crew return them to Africa, but instead they sailed north for sixty days. Having been spotted by American authorities the ship was taken into US custody off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. A long legal battle then ensued, with Cuba demanding the return of the ‘slaves’, Spain demanding them go on trial for piracy and murder, and abolitionists pushing for their return to Africa.
A key argument in the case was that, since the Africans had been illegally captured, they were not slaves. The long case eventually went before the Supreme Court who ruled that they had been unlawfully held and thus rebelled in a natural right to self-defense. The court set them free.
The United States vs. The Amistad case was a landmark legal battle in the struggle against slavery and provided the abolitionist movement with huge publicity.
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Early in 1839 a number of Africans, including Joseph Cinqué from Sierra Leone, had been kidnapped by Portuguese slavers and transported to Cuba. This was in clear violation of international laws that prohibited the African slave trade.
Once smuggled into Cuba, where slavery remained legal, the Africans were sold as slaves and transported along the coast on the Spanish-owned Amistad. It was during this journey that Cinqué led the slaves in a revolt against the crew that resulted in the deaths of the ship’s captain and cook.
The Africans demanded that the remaining crew return them to Africa, but instead they sailed north for sixty days. Having been spotted by American authorities the ship was taken into US custody off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. A long legal battle then ensued, with Cuba demanding the return of the ‘slaves’, Spain demanding them go on trial for piracy and murder, and abolitionists pushing for their return to Africa.
A key argument in the case was that, since the Africans had been illegally captured, they were not slaves. The long case eventually went before the Supreme Court who ruled that they had been unlawfully held and thus rebelled in a natural right to self-defense. The court set them free.
The United States vs. The Amistad case was a landmark legal battle in the struggle against slavery and provided the abolitionist movement with huge publicity.
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9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slave case
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The United States vs. The Amistad case was a landmark legal battle in the struggle against slavery and provided the abolitionist movement with huge publicity.
...
The United States vs. The Amistad case was a landmark legal battle in the struggle against slavery and provided the abolitionist movement with huge publicity.
Early in 1839 a number of Africans, including Joseph Cinqué from Sierra Leone, had been kidnapped by Portuguese slavers and transported to Cuba. This was in clear violation of international laws that prohibited the African slave trade. However, once smuggled into Cuba – where slavery remained legal – they were sold on as slaves and transported along the coast on the Spanish-owned Amistad. It was while on this journey that Cinqué led the slaves in a revolt against the crew that resulted in the deaths of the ship’s captain and cook.
The Africans demanded the remaining crew return them to Africa, but instead they sailed north for 60 days, where the ship was taken into US custody off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. A long legal battle then ensued, with Cuba demanding the return of the apparent ‘slaves’, Spain demanding them go on trial for piracy and murder, and abolitionists pushing for their return to Africa.
A key argument in the case was that, since the Africans had been illegally captured, they were free rather than slaves. The long case eventually went before the Supreme Court who ruled that they had been unlawfully held as slaves, and thus rebelled in a natural right to self-defense. The court set them free.
https://wn.com/9Th_March_1841_US_Supreme_Court_Rules_On_The_Amistad_Slave_Case
The United States vs. The Amistad case was a landmark legal battle in the struggle against slavery and provided the abolitionist movement with huge publicity.
Early in 1839 a number of Africans, including Joseph Cinqué from Sierra Leone, had been kidnapped by Portuguese slavers and transported to Cuba. This was in clear violation of international laws that prohibited the African slave trade. However, once smuggled into Cuba – where slavery remained legal – they were sold on as slaves and transported along the coast on the Spanish-owned Amistad. It was while on this journey that Cinqué led the slaves in a revolt against the crew that resulted in the deaths of the ship’s captain and cook.
The Africans demanded the remaining crew return them to Africa, but instead they sailed north for 60 days, where the ship was taken into US custody off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. A long legal battle then ensued, with Cuba demanding the return of the apparent ‘slaves’, Spain demanding them go on trial for piracy and murder, and abolitionists pushing for their return to Africa.
A key argument in the case was that, since the Africans had been illegally captured, they were free rather than slaves. The long case eventually went before the Supreme Court who ruled that they had been unlawfully held as slaves, and thus rebelled in a natural right to self-defense. The court set them free.
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United States Vs. The Amistad
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U.S. v. Amistad
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A Legal Slave Uprising? | United States v. The Amistad
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In episode 37 of Supreme Court Briefs, a slave uprising on a ship called The Amistad leads it to the shores of the United States, where the Supreme Court eventually determines their fate.
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https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/40/518.html
https://www.history.com/topics/amistad-case
https://www.law.cornell.edu/background/amistad/summary.html
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Havana, Cuba
June 27, 1839
A Spanish ship called The Amistad (ahmichad) leaves for the Province of Puerto Principe (prince e pay), another part of Cuba. On board, 53 illegally purchased African slaves. On July 2nd, one of the slaves broke free and freed others on the ship. Soon there was an uprising. After a big struggle that resulted in the deaths of the captain of the ship and at least three others, the slaves took over the ship, forcing two dudes named Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez to redirect the ship across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa. Ruiz and Montez deceived the Africans, however, and ended up sailing the Amistad up the east coast of the United States, dropping anchor just off the coast of Long Island, New York, on August 26, 1839.
The United States Revenue Cutter Service...wait wait a second...What the heck is this organization? Well just think of them as the Coast Guard before the Coast Guard existed. Anyway, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, led by Americans Thomas Gedney and Richard Meade, arrested the Africans after they reached the shore and took custody of the Amistad. Gedney and Meade made sure the Africans were brought to Connecticut, since slavery was still technically legal in that state.
After President Martin Van Buren found out about them, he was like, send them back to Cuba to go on trial. Spain, who controlled Cuba at the time, was like “yeah, bring them here.” After all, the Amistad was a Spanish ship and Ruiz and Montez were Spanish citizens. Britain chimed in since they had a deal with Spain prohibiting the slave trade south of the equator and said that this slave uprising at sea fell under international law. But a bunch of abolitionists were ultimately able to pressure the United States government to keep the Africans in the country, and they got a trial in the District of Connecticut. Keep in mind that at the time, the slave trade was illegal in the United States. The Africans were charged with mutiny and murder.
In court, there were a lot of people involved and wanting stuff. First, Ruiz and Montez argued the Africans were slaves and their property. They also argued that since the slave trade was legal in Spain, they had a right to regain control of them. And then there was a lawyer representing Spain, who argued the the slaves rightfully be returned to Ruiz and Montez or sent back to Africa. The Africans, who were represented by an abolitionist group called the Amistad Committee, all argued that they were born free in their native Africa and unlawfully kidnapped to be sold as slaves. Plus, they landed in New York, where slavery was illegal. The Amistad Committee also accused Ruiz and Montez of assault, kidnapping, and false imprisonment. And then, Gedney, as well as several others who helped Ruiz and Montez “rescue” the “cargo,” aka Africans, argued they deserved a piece of the pie. They were like, we helped you get your slaves, so can we have a few? Another Spanish dude named Antonio Vega tried to get the captain’s personal slave, claiming he actually owned him. Whew. What a mess of a case.
The district court ruled that the Africans aboard the Amistad were unlawfully kidnapped, and ordered the U.S. government to return them to Africa. It was appealed by Martin Van Buren to the Circuit Court and then to the Supreme Court.
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The United States v. The Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad | 40 U.S. 518 (1841)
During the first decades of the nineteenth century, the United States, along with several European countries, outlawed the transatlantic slave trade. However, this didn’t prevent the trade from continuing illegally. In the Amistad case, the United States Supreme Court was confronted with a monumental question: were Africans kidnapped by illegal slave traders really slaves, or were they free?
In June eighteen thirty nine, a Spanish ship named the Amistad left port in Havana bound for Puerto Principe, Cuba. On board were the ship’s captain; two Spanish planters named Pedro Montez and Jose Ruiz; and a group of Mende tribe members from the present day African nation of Sierra Leone. During the voyage, the Mende mutinied, killing the captain and taking control of the ship. In August, a United States naval officer discovered the Amistad off the coast of Long Island. The ship was towed to Connecticut, and all the parties were brought before a federal district court.
Montez and Ruiz asked the court to return the Mende, claiming that the tribe members were their slaves and therefore their property. The United States intervened on behalf of the Spanish government, citing a treaty between the U S and Spain that required the return of salvaged property belonging to Spanish citizens. The Mende argued that they weren’t slaves, but instead were free people who’d been illegally kidnapped from Africa and transported to Cuba.
The district court found for the Mende, declared them free, and ordered their return to Africa. The Circuit Court affirmed, and the United States appealed to the U S Supreme Court, where former president John Quincy Adams represented the Mende.
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The Amistad History: The Amistad was a ship that was the scene of one of the most famous uprisings of enslaved people in history. The uprising would lead all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States. Questions below:
1. What island was the Amistad traveling to?
2. In order to sail back to Africa what did the Mende men order the Spanish sailors to do?
3. What was the Amistad Captives' defense in court? What did they argue?
4. Who defended the captives in the Supreme Court?
5. How do you think slaveowners responded to the Amistad decision? Why would they respond this way?
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The Amistad Case | "Give us Free"
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Cinque and his fellow Amistad captives - so called because they were being transported to slavery on the schooner La Amistad when they revolted and took over the ship - were charged with murder and piracy for their actions. In their defense, the captives contended they revolted as free Africans who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery. The trial became a cause celebre for abolitionists and in 1841, the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed with the Africans' assertions and ordered them freed. Amistad has been hailed as the first civil rights case to come before the U.S. Supreme Court. It is also the first time that a former president - John Quincy Adams - argued a case before the nation's highest tribunal. Despite its prominence and the Court's surprising ruling, however, the case had little impact in diminishing slavery in the young nation.
This animated video is part of the Virtual Museum of Law, presented by the State Bar of Georgia's Law-Related Education Program and funded by the Cornerstones of Freedom® program. Learn more at http://www.thelawmuseum.org/work/amistad-case
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United States v. Libellants & Claimants of the Schooner Amistad (1841) Overview | LSData Case Brief
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The case is about the schooner L'Amistad, which was transporting slaves from Cuba to Puerto Principe. The slaves revolted, killed the captain, and took control of the ship. The Spanish owners of the slaves claimed their ownership, while the Africans claimed to be free and unlawfully transported to Cuba as slaves. The United States argued for the return of the slaves to the Spanish owners under a treaty, but it was found that the Africans were kidnapped and illegally sold into slavery in violation of international law. The most relevant facts were the ownership claims, the illegal transportation of the slaves, and the conflict of rights between the parties.
United States v. Libellants & Claimants of the Schooner Amistad (1841)
Supreme Court of the United States
15 Pet. 518, 40 U.S. 518, 10 L. Ed. 826, SCDB 1841-028, 1841 U.S. LEXIS 279
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9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slave case and sets the captured Africans free
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Early in 1839 a number of Africans, including Joseph Cinqué from Sierra Leone, had been kidnapped by Portuguese slavers and transported to Cuba. This was in clear violation of international laws that prohibited the African slave trade.
Once smuggled into Cuba, where slavery remained legal, the Africans were sold as slaves and transported along the coast on the Spanish-owned Amistad. It was during this journey that Cinqué led the slaves in a revolt against the crew that resulted in the deaths of the ship’s captain and cook.
The Africans demanded that the remaining crew return them to Africa, but instead they sailed north for sixty days. Having been spotted by American authorities the ship was taken into US custody off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. A long legal battle then ensued, with Cuba demanding the return of the ‘slaves’, Spain demanding them go on trial for piracy and murder, and abolitionists pushing for their return to Africa.
A key argument in the case was that, since the Africans had been illegally captured, they were not slaves. The long case eventually went before the Supreme Court who ruled that they had been unlawfully held and thus rebelled in a natural right to self-defense. The court set them free.
The United States vs. The Amistad case was a landmark legal battle in the struggle against slavery and provided the abolitionist movement with huge publicity.
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9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slave case
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The United States vs. The Amistad case was a landmark legal battle in the struggle against slavery and provided the abolitionist movement with huge publicity.
Early in 1839 a number of Africans, including Joseph Cinqué from Sierra Leone, had been kidnapped by Portuguese slavers and transported to Cuba. This was in clear violation of international laws that prohibited the African slave trade. However, once smuggled into Cuba – where slavery remained legal – they were sold on as slaves and transported along the coast on the Spanish-owned Amistad. It was while on this journey that Cinqué led the slaves in a revolt against the crew that resulted in the deaths of the ship’s captain and cook.
The Africans demanded the remaining crew return them to Africa, but instead they sailed north for 60 days, where the ship was taken into US custody off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. A long legal battle then ensued, with Cuba demanding the return of the apparent ‘slaves’, Spain demanding them go on trial for piracy and murder, and abolitionists pushing for their return to Africa.
A key argument in the case was that, since the Africans had been illegally captured, they were free rather than slaves. The long case eventually went before the Supreme Court who ruled that they had been unlawfully held as slaves, and thus rebelled in a natural right to self-defense. The court set them free.
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by Smashing Pumpkins
United States
by: Smashing PumpkinsTired eyes
Closed for days
There's no regret
'Cause there's no place
I don't know
What I believe
But if I feel safe
What do I need
A home
A home
A home
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution blues
What will they do
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution blues
What will they do to me
What will they do to me
What will they do to me
What will they do to me
Dulcet tongues
Whisper fast
The future yearns
Right now's the past
Rouse me soon
The end draws nigh
Who's side are you on
Your blood you cannot buy
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution blues
What will they do
Revolution
Revolution
Revolution blues
What will they do to you
Well I
I feel alright
So tonight
I got to ask you why
Why deny it
It's no surprise
I've got to survive
Freedom shines the light ahead
I'll lead the last charge to bed
I said my last rights
I don't have to run scared no more
Fight
I wanna fight
I wanna fight a revolution
Tonight
I wanna fight
I wanna fight a revolution
Tonight
At the light
At the light
Do you wanna watch me die
Let me be something good
Let me prove something real like I should
Let me embrace every single living thing