The Antelope, 23 U S  10 Wheat  66 66 Decided March 15, 1825
Channel: Age of Enlightenment
Date: 2019-07-02

The African slave trade is contrary to the law of nature, but is not prohibited by the positive law of nations. That the course of opinion on the slave trade should be unsettled ought to excite no surprise. The Christian and civilized nations of the world.