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Amistad~1839
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The First Amistad Case~Law of Salvage
Sierra Leone
The Libel of Lieutenant Thomas R. Gedney
William S. Holabird to John Forsyth
The Libel of Jose Ruiz,
The Libel of William S. Holabird
Justice Smith Thompsons Remarks in the U.S. Circuit Court
The Several Plea of Cinque and the other Mende captives
Andrew Judson's Decision
The U.S. Attorney Responds to the District Court Decision
Supreme Court Arguments of John Quincy Adams
Appeal to the Friends of Liberty
Proctors for the Amistad Africans, January 7, 1840
The First Amistad Case~Law of Salvage
Sierra Leone
The Libel of Lieutenant Thomas R. Gedney
William S. Holabird to John Forsyth
The Libel of Jose Ruiz,
The Libel of William S. Holabird
Justice Smith Thompsons Remarks in the U.S. Circuit Court
The Several Plea of Cinque and the other Mende captives
Andrew Judson's Decision
The U.S. Attorney Responds to the District Court Decision
Supreme Court Arguments of John Quincy Adams
Appeal to the Friends of Liberty
Proctors for the Amistad Africans, January 7, 1840