Creole case was a slave revolt aboard the American slave ship Creole in November 1841, when the brig was seized by the 128 slaves who were aboard the ship when it reached Nassau in the British colony of the Bahamas where slavery was abolished.
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Accordingly, British officials in the Bahamas ruled that the enslaved people on Creole were freed after their arrival in Nassau, if they chose to stay.
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Creole case carried tobacco, a crew of ten, the captain's wife, daughter and niece; four white passengers, including slave traders; and eight enslaved black servants, for a total of 160 individuals on board.
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On November 9,1841, the Creole case reached Nassau, where it was boarded by the harbor pilot and his crew, all local black Bahamians.
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At the consul's request, the governor of the Bahamas ordered a group of soldiers to board the Creole case to prevent the escape of the men implicated in Hewell's death.
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Creole case intended to have them sail the ship out of British jurisdiction with the enslaved people still aboard.
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Creole case threatened to order his men to fire into the boat of the Americans, they withdrew.
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Creole case told the nineteen rebels that they would be imprisoned.
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The Attorney-General warned the people against boarding the Creole case, but said they could provide passage to the enslaved persons who wished to go ashore.
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Creole case had departed months before for the United States, reaching its original destination of New Orleans on December 2,1841.
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The Creole case attracted national attention in the United States and provoked a diplomatic controversy.
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Less than a year later, the Creole case was wrecked in a violent storm while in harbor at Funchal, Madeira.
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Creole case generated diplomatic tension between the United Kingdom and the United States and caused political rumblings within the United States.
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Creole case argued that Virginia state law did not apply to enslaved persons who were outside Virginian waters, the federal government had no part in it, and the coastwise slave trade was unconstitutional, as enslaved people were beyond state law on the high seas, and thus free people.
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Creole case was said to have personally dressed sailors' wounds after the revolt.
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Creole case is presented in strong terms by Mr Webster in a letter.
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Creole case reaffirmed the position that as slavery was no longer recognized under British law, any foreign person arriving in British possessions was automatically considered as free – as was the case in those American states that did not recognize slavery.
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Creole case did however promise that British officials in the West Indies would be given 'directions'.
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Creole case resigned and returned to his home state of Ohio, where he was quickly re-elected by his constituents in a special election.
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