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Titles: "The Captives of The Amistad"
Creator/Author: J.L.
Description: Roger Baldwin's opening argument to the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1841
Primary Source Publisher: New York Journal of Commerce
Primary Source Publication Date: 2/23/1841
Subject Keywords: Amistad African - Cinque
Court Related - Circuit Court
Court Related - District Court Trial
Other Person - Calderon de la Barca, Angel
Court Related - Supreme Court Trial
Other Person - Baldwin, Roger Sherman
Other Keyword - Constitution of the United States
Other Keyword - Cuban Slave Trade
Other Keyword - Executive
Other Keyword - Judiciary
Other Person - Montez, Pedro
Place - Spain
Other Person - Webster, Daniel
Other Person - Gedney, Lieutenant Thomas R.
Other Person - Ruiz, Jose
Court Related - Law
Other Keyword - Politics
Courtesy of: Microfilm, Harvard University



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