Judge Thompson's Decision

circa 09-23-1839

Fragment of a letter written to a newspaper editor regarding the decision by Judge Smith Thompson in the circuit court at Hartford: "Judge Thompson seemed to hit upon an expedient to avoid deciding whether the three little girls were entitled to their liberty under the writ of habeas corpus." The writer quotes Thompson's statement regarding the question of where the Amistad was seized and how that would affect the jurisdiction of the court. The verso contains the printed text of "The Views of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, as Expressed in 1818, with Regard to the Moral Evil of Slavery."

Amistad (Schooner)
Slave insurrections--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Slave trade--America--History
Correspondence

Thompson, Smith, 1768-1843

Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center

eng

ama0352

Document, 2 p.

text

Doc. No. F1-4848, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

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