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Supreme Court of the United States. (02/02/1790 - )
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Opinion of the Supreme Court in United States v. the Amistad
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  • Scope and content: Senior Justice Joseph Story wrote and read the decision of the Court. The Supreme Court ruled that the Africans onboard the Amistad were free individuals. Kidnapped and transported illegally, they had never been slaves. The decision affirmed that "...it was the ultimate right of all human beings in extreme cases to resist oppression and to apply force against ruinous injustice." The Court ordered the immediate release of the Amistad Africans.
  • General notes: Appellate Case Files, box 230. Exhibit no. 624.0198. Exhibit History: "American Originals," December 1997 - June 1998, National Archives Rotunda, Washington, DC, Exhibit No. 624.0198. "The Rights of All...", April 1987 - July 1987, Schomburg Center, New York, NY, Exhibit No. 1040.0004.
Date 9 March 1841
date QS:P571,+1841-03-09T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q518155
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  • Record group: Record Group 267: Records of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1772 - 2007 (National Archives Identifier: 594)
  • Series: Appellate Jurisdiction Case Files, 1792 - 2017 (National Archives Identifier: 301668)
  • File unit: United States, Appellants, v. The Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad, her tackle, apparel and furniture, together with her cargo, and the Africans mentioned and described in the several libels and claims, Appellees, 1839 - 1841 (National Archives Identifier: 561022)
  • NAIL Control Number: NWCTB-267-PI139E21-2161(OPINION)
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