The Amistad
Significance, Cinque On Trial, Further Readings
Appellant
United States
Appellees
Joseph Cinque, et al.
Appellant's Claim
That the slaves aboard the Amistad should be convicted of mutiny.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Harry D. Gilpin, U.S. Attorney General
Chief Lawyers for Appellees
John Quincy Adams, Roger S. Baldwin
Justices for the Court
Philip P. Barbour, John Catron, John McKinley, John McLean, Joseph Story (writing for the Court), Smith Thompson, Roger Brooke Taney, James M. Wayne
Justices Dissenting
Henry Baldwin
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
January 1841
Decision
The Court would not convict the participants in the Amistad mutiny.
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