[SLAVE TRADE]. United States Commercial & Statistical Register. The Amistad affair. Edited by Samuel Hazard. Philadelphia: William F. Geddes, 11 September 1839. Vol. 1, No. 12. 16pp., small 4to (286 x 203 mm), hand-sewn, stab holes, uncut, spotting. The case of United States v. The Amistad (1841) involved a group of enslaved Africans who, in 1839, rebelled against their captors aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad. The Africans, led by Joseph Cinqué, took control of the ship, but eventually were captured by a U.S. revenue cutter off the coast of Long Island. The case became a complex legal battle, with issues centering on the legality of the slave trade and whether the Africans were property or free individuals. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of the Africans, declaring that they had been illegally enslaved and had the right to regain their freedom.