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The '''Amistad Case''' was a [[United States]] legal case in 1841 that involved the question of what was to be done with [[slave]]s who had mutinied and taken over the [[Spanish]] ship ''Amistad'' and now sought asylum in the United States as free men.
The government of the [[Martin Van Buren|Van Buren]] administration sought to return the men to Spanish custody, but they were defeated before the [[Supreme Court]] by [[John Quincy Adams]] who succesfully argued the case for their freedom.
== Sources ==
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
The government of the [[Martin Van Buren|Van Buren]] administration sought to return the men to Spanish custody, but they were defeated before the [[Supreme Court]] by [[John Quincy Adams]] who succesfully argued the case for their freedom.
== Sources ==
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]