John Quincy Adams and the Amistad Case On July 1, 1839, fifty-three Africans, recently kipnapped into slavery in Sierra Leone and sold at a Havana slave market, revolted on the ...
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John Quincy Adams. Congressman, Advocate. John Quincy Adams was 74 years old when he appeared before the Supreme Court on behalf of the Amistad Africans -- in the twilight of a ...
Adams argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of slaves from the ship Amistad who mutinied during their journey from Africa. John Quincy Adams owned a pet alligator which he kept ...
... Supreme Court in January 1841, and former President John Quincy Adams ... Answer of the Proctors for the Amistad Africans January 7, 1840. John Quincy Adams' request for papers ...