amistad
Amistad is based on a true story about an 1839 slave revolution. La Amistad is the Spanish word for "friendship", ironically the ship had nothing to do with friends at all. The ship's purpose was to illegally transport slaves to Spain. The director, Spielberg does an excellent job of recreating a revolt by slaves that started in the lower courts of Connecticut and ultimately ended in the highest court of the land, the U.S. Supreme Court. The slaves were taken from a slave fortress and transported aboard the Tecora to a slave auction in Havana, Cuba. It is horrifying to see the conditions in which these slaves endured in their journey across the Atlantic Ocean. They were shackled and chained, thrown into an unsanitary, overcrowded cell and fed one hand-full of food a day. These conditions were so harsh that only a third of them actually survived to make the final destination. Once they arrived in Cuba, 44 were auctioned off to the Spanish and were to be transported by the way of La Amistad. The revolt on the Amistad resulted in deaths of the captain of the boat and a few of the crewmembers, leaving two men who were necessary to navigate the boat back to Africa. The slaves had control of the boat for a little more tha
Cinque replied that he must have committed a heinous crime to deserve such treatment. The judge was dealing with more than issues in just this case. The defendants had no documentation of absolute origin of the slaves. The slaves were represented by attorney at law Roger Baldwin who thought the case was an open shut case because the issue of their freedom had nothing to do with murder or mutiny, but the fact that their origin was not Cuba, but Africa, meaning they were not legal slaves. America could no longer be divided over such a controversial issue. The Supreme Court justices ruled the slaves were in fact property of Spain. " After deliberation the verdict was in. After hearing the powerful speech of Roger Baldwin the slaves had won their freedom, at least for a short time. When President Van Buren heard the news of the verdict he quickly appealed the decision to the U. He showed him pictures of women giving their children to Jesus and how much the people worshipped him but ultimately killed him on the cross. He tries to tell the Cinque, the inspirational leader of the slaves, the story of Christ.
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