Parties
- Lt Thomas R. Gedney filed a libel (a lawsuit in admiralty law) for the African captives and cargo on board La Amistad as property seized on the high seas.
- Henry Green and Pelatiah Fordham filed a libel for salvage, claiming that they had been the first to discover La Amistad.
- José Ruiz and Pedro Montez filed libels requesting that their so-called "slaves" and cargo be returned to them.
- The Office of the United States Attorney for the Connecticut District, representing the Spanish Government, libelled that the so-called "slaves", cargo, and vessel be returned to Spain as its property.
- Antonio Vega, vice-consul of Spain, libelled for "the slave Antonio," on the grounds that this man was his property.
- The Africans denied that they were slaves or property, nor that the court could return them to the control of the government of Spain.
- José Antonio Tellincas, with Aspe and Laca, claimed goods on board La Amistad.
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