sep 19, 1840 - The Federal District Court in Hartford, CT rules in the Amistad case that the Africans should be returned to Africa. The US government appeals this decision, and the Supreme Court decides the case on 03/09/1841, holding that the Africans were not slaves but the victims of kidnap
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sep 19, 1840
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