The First <em>Amistad</em> Trial

The First Amistad Trial 1839

This plea was entered in the first Amistad trial. The question of whether the Africans were property was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court in United States v. Libellants of Schooner Amistad in 1841.

National Archives, Records of District Courts of the United States

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The First <em>Amistad</em> Trial