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title: "Why did the Supreme Court free the slaves who led an insurrection on the Spanish slave ship the Amistad?"  
description: "Why did the Supreme Court free the slaves who led an insurrection on the Spanish slave ship the Amistad?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42794/why-did-the-supreme-court-free-the-slaves-who-led-an-insurrection-on-the-spanish-slave-ship-the-amistad  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the Supreme Court free the slaves who led an insurrection on the Spanish slave ship the Amistad? 

Why did the [Supreme Court](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41851/how-did-the-supreme-court-rule-regarding-the-espionage-act) [free](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85717/the-best-free-reading-apps-for-book-lovers) the slaves who led an insurrection on the [Spanish](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41826/what-was-cuba-s-status-after-the-spanish-american-war) slave ship the Amistad?


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