Download or read book Appellate Case File No. 2161, United States V. the Amistad written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The documents in this collection pertain to the landmark Supreme Court Case involving the Amistad. The collection provides a record of the history of the case from its filing on December 5, 1840, through the Supreme Court's ruling on the case on March 9, 1841, to the Court's issuance of a Mandate to the U.S. State Department on May 4, 1841.