Sundry African Slaves v. Madrazo

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1828-02-13

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Mr. Chief Justice Marshall delivered' the opinion of the Court.-— Some time-in the year 1817, Juan Madrazo, a Spaniard, residing in. the Island of Cuba, engaged in- the slave trade, fitted out a vessel for the coast of Africa, which p. ocured a cargo of Africans; and on its return, in the autumn df 1817, was captured by. a privateer sail, under the flag of one of the gov - ernments of Spanish Átnerica, and ca…

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