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TIL the Amistad case, wherein the Supreme Court granted the return of slaves to Africa, is credited with being the first civil rights case in the U.S. John Quincy Adams, who argued the case, was 72 yrs old, almost blind, a Congressman, and had not argued a case as a lawyer in more than 30 years.
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He was also a retired U.S. president.
First? Freedom suits had been a thing for decades. The novel thing about this case is that it also involved foreign policy and international actors.
The movie is amazing and very sad.