Judge Thompson's Recent Decision

circa 09-23-1839

A statement or article entitled "Judge Thompson's Recent Decision" regarding a decision by Jude Smith Thompson in the circuit court at Hartford. The author writes that Thompson's status as a "venerable judge…should not exempt his decisions from respectable criticism." It is reported in the article that Thompson's decision "occasioned much remark and decision.” The writer explains that the case which came before Thompson "very improperly," questioned the actions of the United States naval officers who came in contact with the Amistad, and that Thompson "committed to jail 49 Human Beings contrary to law.”

article

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

Thompson, Smith, 1768-1843

Tulane University Digital Library
Amistad Research Center

eng

ama0355

Document, 2 p.

text

Doc. No. F1-4850, American Missionary Association Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

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