THE 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.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
40 U.S. 518; 10 L. Ed. 826
JANUARY, 1841 Term
COUNSEL: The case was argued for the United States, by Mr. Gilpin, the Attorney General, and by Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Adams, for the Appellees; Mr. Jones, on the part of Lieutenant Gedney and others, of the United States brig Washington, was not required by the Court to argue the claims to salvage.- Attorney-General Gilpin's argument (for the United States)
- Mr. Baldwin's argument (for the Amistad and Africans)
- Mr. Adams' argument (for the Amistad and Africans) [omitted by the Court]
- Attorney-General Gilpin's reply (for the United States)
- Justice Story's opinion (for the court)