Biographies
Judges and Court Officers
Andrew Judson
Smith Thompson
Joseph Story
Norris Willcox
Parties in the Case
The Mende people aboard the Amistad
Cinque
Thomas Gedney
Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montes
Lewis Tappan
A Witness
Antonio
Lawyers
John Quincy Adams
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Henry Gilpin
William S. Holabird
Secretary of State
John Forsyth
Amistad: The Federal Courts and the Challenge to Slavery — Historical Background and Documents