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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY.
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,
Africans.
135 pages, lacking the original
printed wrappers; some light foxing
throughout;loose modern paper wrapper.
New York: Benedict, 1841
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION OF ADAMS
’
ARGUMENT
ON BEHALF OF THE AMISTAD CAPTIVES
.
Together with Roger Baldwin, the legal
team defending Cinque and the other cap-
tives, laid down a brilliant argument: that as
none of the so-called slaves could speak a
word of Spanish, or English, but they did
speak an African language, it was clear that
they were indeed Africans taken after the
1807 ban, and therefore free.
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