| Titles: |
Argument of John Quincy Adams before the Supreme Court -- Part IV |
| Creator/Author: |
Adams, John Quincy |
| Description: | Part four of John Quincy Adams' arguments before the Supreme Court in defence of the Amistad Africans. He argues that the Amistad case must be decided in favor of the Africans because the Declaration of Independence gives every man in America the right to life and liberty as inalienable rights; and that the Executive Branch has ignored the Declaration of Independence to pursue the claims of the Spanish government. |
| Primary Source Publisher: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Primary Source Publication Date: | 3/1/1841 |
| Secondary Source Publisher: | S. W. Benedict |
| Secondary Source Publication Date: | 12/1/1841 |
| Related Primary Documents |
Synopsis of John Q. Adams Deliberation on 03/01/1841 United States Supreme Court Decision in the Amistad Case (part 1) Argument of Roger S. Balwin of New Haven, before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Case of the United States, Appellants vs. Cinque, and Others, Africans of the Amistad Portrait of John Quincy Adams Adams Letter on Amistad Africans |
| Related Secondary Documents |
Legal Path of the Amistad Case: 1839-1845 Analysis of U.S. Supreme Court proceedings
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| Subject Keywords: |
Amistad African - Cinque Amistad African - Grabeau Court Related - Supreme Court Trial Place - United States Place - Spain Other Keyword - Cuban Slave Trade Court Related - Law Other Keyword - Diplomacy Other Keyword - Colonization Other Person - Adams, John Quincy |
