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The Antelope

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The Antelope, 23 U.S. (10 Wheat.) 66 (1825), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States considered, for the first time, the legitimacy of the international slave trade, and determined "that possession on board of a vessel was evidence of property". [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, Act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy, Admiralty court, Admiralty law, American Colonization Society, Antelope (1802 slave ship), Baltimore, Cabinda (city), Cuba, Henry Wheaton, José Gervasio Artigas, Lawyers' Edition, Letter of marque, Libel (admiralty law), Liberia, New Georgia, Liberia, Piracy, Privateer, Prize (law), Prize crew, Richard W. Habersham, Savannah, Georgia, Slave ship, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Revenue Cutter Service, United States v. The Amistad, Uruguay.

  2. 1825 in United States case law
  3. Age of Sail ships of Spain
  4. Post-1808 importation of slaves to the United States
  5. United States slavery case law

Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves

The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 (enacted March 2, 1807) is a United States federal law that prohibited the importation of slaves into the United States. The Antelope and Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves are Post-1808 importation of slaves to the United States.

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Act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy

An Act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy is an 1819 United States federal statute against piracy, amended in 1820 to declare participating in the slave trade or robbing a ship to be piracy as well. The Antelope and Act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy are Post-1808 importation of slaves to the United States.

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Admiralty court

Admiralty courts, also known as maritime courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offences.

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Admiralty law

Admiralty law or maritime law is a body of law that governs nautical issues and private maritime disputes.

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American Colonization Society

The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, was an American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the repatriation of freeborn people of color and emancipated slaves to the continent of Africa.

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Antelope (1802 slave ship)

Antelope was a slave ship that the United States captured in 1820 with more than 280 captive Africans aboard.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Cabinda (city)

Cabinda, also known as Chioua, is a city and a municipality located in the Cabinda Province, an exclave of Angola.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Henry Wheaton

Henry Wheaton (November 27, 1785 – March 11, 1848) was an American lawyer, jurist and diplomat.

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José Gervasio Artigas

José Gervasio Artigas Arnal (June 19, 1764 – September 23, 1850) was a soldier and statesman who is regarded as a national hero in Uruguay and the father of Uruguayan nationhood.

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Lawyers' Edition

The United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition, or Lawyers' Edition (L. Ed. and L. Ed. 2d in case citations), is an unofficial reporter of Supreme Court of the United States opinions.

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Letter of marque

A letter of marque and reprisal (lettre de marque; lettre de course) was a government license in the Age of Sail that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a nation at war with the issuer, licensing international military operations against a specified enemy as reprisal for a previous attack or injury.

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Libel (admiralty law)

A libel, in admiralty law, is the first pleading of the complainant.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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New Georgia, Liberia

New Georgia is a township in Montserrado County, Liberia that was first settled by Africans who had been taken from slave ships seized or wrecked near the United States and then sent to Liberia after several years had passed.

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Piracy

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods.

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Privateer

A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.

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Prize (law)

In admiralty law prizes (from the Old French prise, "taken, seized") are equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict.

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Prize crew

A prize crew is the selected members of a ship chosen to take over the operations of a captured ship.

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Richard W. Habersham

Richard Wylly Habersham (December 1786 – December 2, 1842) was an American lawyer and politician from Savannah, Georgia.

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Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County.

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Slave ship

Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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United States Revenue Cutter Service

The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by an act of Congress on 4 August 1790 as the Revenue-Marine upon the recommendation of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to serve as an armed customs enforcement service.

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United States v. The Amistad

United States v. Schooner Amistad, 40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 518 (1841), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of Africans on board the Spanish schooner La Amistad in 1839.

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Uruguay

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America.

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See also

1825 in United States case law

Age of Sail ships of Spain

Post-1808 importation of slaves to the United States

United States slavery case law

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Antelope

Also known as 23 U.S. 66, Antelope case, The Antelope (23 U.S. 66), The Antelope the Vice-Consuls of Spain and Portugal.