The Antelope

This article is about the U.S. Supreme Court case. For the pub in Birmingham, England, see The Antelope, Birmingham. For other uses, see Antelope (disambiguation).

The Antelope
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 15, 1825
Full case nameThe Antelope
Citations23 U.S. 66 (more)
10 Wheat. 66; 6 L. Ed. 268
Holding
Approximately 120 slaves were repatriated to the American Colonization Society colony in what is now Liberia. Approximately 30 slaves were ruled to be the property of the Spanish claimants and went to slavery in Florida.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Marshall
Associate Justices
Bushrod Washington · William Johnson
Thomas Todd · Gabriel Duvall
Joseph Story · Smith Thompson
Case opinion
MajorityMarshall, joined by unanimous

The Antelope, 23 U.S. (10 Wheat.) 66 (1825), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States considered, for the first time, the legitimacy of the international slave trade, and determined "that possession on board of a vessel was evidence of property".[1]

  1. ^ United States Supreme Court; Stephen Keyes Williams; Edwin Burritt Smith; Ernest Hitchcock (1883). Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company. p. 836. Retrieved January 25, 2012.