[Rarebooks] FS: AMISTAD: Argument of John Quincy Adams Before The Supreme Court, 1841

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ADAMS,  John  Quincy.  ARGUMENT OF JOHN QUINCY  ADAMS  BEFORE  THE
SUPREME  COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.... New York: S. W. Benedict 1841.
First  Edition.  ...IN THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS,  VS.
CINQUE,  AND OTHERS, AFRICANS, CAPTURED IN THE SCHOONER AMISTAD.... In
early   plain  blue  wraps;  135   pages.  The  Amistad  case,  argued
successfully  before the Supreme Court by former President John Quincy
Adams,  was  one of the most important cases in United States  history
helping  to  energize  the  fledgling  abolitionist  movement  and  to
intensify  the  conflict  over slavery. Steven Spielberg's  1997  film
renewed  interest  in  the historical importance of the  case  and  in
Adams's  eloquent argument: "The moment you come to the Declaration of
Independence,  that  every  man has a right to life  and  liberty,  an
inalienable  right, this case is decided. I ask nothing more in behalf
of these unfortunate men than this Declaration." About Fine   $3500.00

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