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| Keywords: John Quincy Adams' Request for Papers Relating to the Lower Court Trials of the Amistad Africans (Petition for... - NARA - 301671.jpg Scope and content In the trial before the Supreme Court the Africans were represented by John Quincy Adams a former U S President and descendant of American revolutionaries Preparing for his appearance before the Court Adams requested papers from the lower courts one month before the proceedings opened For 8 1/2 hours the 73-year-old Adams passionately and eloquently defended the Africans' right to freedom on both legal and moral grounds referring to treaties prohibiting the slave trade and to the Declaration of Independence General notes Exhibit no 624 0199 Exhibit History American Originals December 1997 - June 1998 National Archives Rotunda Washington DC Exhibit No 624 0199 The Rights of All April 1987 - July 1987 Schomburg Center New York NY Exhibit No 1040 0003 301671 Local identifier Supreme Court of the United States 02/02/1790 - Archives I Reference Section Textual Archives Services Division NWCT1R National Archives Building 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20408 1841 Record group Record Group 267 Records of the Supreme Court of the United States 1772 - 2007 Record group ARC 594 Appellate Jurisdiction Case Files compiled 1792 - 2006 Series ARC 301668 File unit United States Appellants v The Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad her tackle apparel and furniture together with her cargo and the Africans mentioned and described in the several libels and claims Appellees 1839 - 1841 File unit ARC 561022 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWCTB-267-PI139E21-2161 CERT <br /> NAIL Control Number NWDT1-267-PI139E21-2161 CERT <br /> Other Identifier 02485<br /> This is the NARA internal exhibit tracking number Other versions <gallery> File John_Quincy_Adams'_Request_for_Papers_Relating_to_the_Lower_Court_Trials_of_the_Amistad_Africans_ Petition_for _-_NARA_-_301671 tif tif File John_Quincy_Adams'_Request_for_Papers_Relating_to_the_Lower_Court_Trials_of_the_Amistad_Africans_ Petition_for _-_NARA_-_301671 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov John Quincy Adams 1841 in the United States Supreme Court of the United States cases | ||||
