Introduction

| United States Admiralty Courts in the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries

| Emerson v. Howland - Seamen's Wages

| - Cargo Claims

| - Collision Claims

| Finn et. al. v. Leander and Fifty-Four Slaves - Salvage

| Balchos v. Three Negro Slaves and Edward Darrel - Prize

| United States v. Schooner Kitty - Slave Trade Act

     Conclusion