Question

What court had original jurisdiction and what was it ruling in the Amistad case

Answer 1

Answer : the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. ruled that the Africans were not legally enslaved and should be freed.

The court that had original jurisdiction over the Amistad case was the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. This court heard the case in 1840 and ruled that the Africans were not legally enslaved and should be freed. The court also rejected the claims of the Spanish government, the plantation owners, and the naval officers who seized the ship2.