laves. The lawyer then needs to correctly prove that the blacks on the Amistad were captured and sold into slavery. But how to prove that, with no common language? And how to get the wronged Africans' leader to testify to the horrible truth of the experiences in the court? Through an odd concept and plan, he is able to find a translator that speaks not only English but also Mende. The elements of U.S. legal and political history in play here are interesting, to be sure, but the story of the heroic Amistad rebels is infinitely more interesting. After two wins in the lower courts the President of the United States at the time calls for the case to go in front of the Supreme Court, and then it is John Quincy Adams, the former president who finally will represent their case in front of the Supreme Court. Here, John Quincy Adams is able to sway the supreme court judges into granting the 43 slaves their freedom because the case came down to being a si
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