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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Argument of John Quincy Adams, before the Supreme Court of the United States : in the case of the United States, appellants, vs. Cinque, and others,...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03809 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1841 Pagination: 1 v. : 135 p. : Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 14.3 cm Order a Copy

... (title continues) Africans, captured in the schooner Amistad, by Lieut. Gedney, delivered on the 24th of February and 1st of March, 1841: with a review of the case of the Antelope, reported in the 10th, 11th, and 12th volumes of Wheaton's Reports. Published by Seth Williston Benedict. Reprinted in 1969 by Arno Press, also available on microfilm.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Benedict, Seth Williston, 1803-1869

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