In United States, Appellants v. The Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the arguments of then lawyer and now former president, John Quincy Adams, and ordered the "kidnapped Africans" released and returned to Africa.

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The U.S. Supreme Court, in the Amistad case, ruled in favor of the Africans who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery, recognizing their right to fight for their freedom, leading to their release and return to Africa, in alignment with John Quincy Adams' arguments.

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