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Joseph Story (opinion of the Court)

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Joseph Story (1779–1845) was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1811 until his death, the youngest person ever appointed to the Court. A Massachusetts lawyer and Harvard law professor, he wrote the influential Commentaries on the Constitution and was a leading authority on admiralty and international law, the fields at issue in the Amistad case.

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United States v. The Amistad

1841 · 19th Century · Court Decision

United States v. The Amistad is the Supreme Court case that freed the African captives who had seized the Spanish schooner Amistad.

Justice Law Race Slavery Power / Politics