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Amistad Case
  • Amistad Case
    • Revolt on Spanish slave ship in 1839
    • Supreme Court permitted captured slaves their freedom on March 9, 1841
    • The movie Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg of Dreamworks, opened on December 10, 1997
    • Barbara Chase-Riboud sued Dreamworks for violating her copyright on a book entitled Echo of Lions
Amistad Case (Cornell Law School)
  • Historical background of the Amistad revolt and links to related sites
  • Legal filings of the Chase-Riboud v. Dreamworks case
  • Description of the movies, list of actors, and movie reviews
Amistad Case (National Archives)
  • Text of 1841 and related Supreme Court filings
  • Teaching activities and questions to be answered by the primary documents
Amistad Revolt (State Department)
  • History of the Amistad Revolt and U.S. relations with Sierra Leone
  • Includes bibliography of printed and web products
Amistad Trial (Linder/UMo-Kansas City)
  • Chronology, maps, newspaper accounts
  • Trial transcripts, Supreme Court decisions, letters and diaries
John Quincy Adams (Internet Public Library)
  • Former President Adams argued the case on behalf of the slaves to the Supreme Court
  • Election results, inaugural addresses
  • Brief biography and links to more extensive biographies
 
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