In June 1839,53 Africans were sold by their own people and transported to Havana ,Cuba.There they were sold as Spanish property illegally.A revolt occurs on the schooner,La Amistad ...
This movie begins with Joseph Cinqu (whose true name was Sengbe Pieh), an African on the schooner La Amistad , leading a revolt that frees the other ...
Named after the famed revolt by Africans on La Amistad in 1839 and landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, the Amistad was organized by the Race Relations Department of Fisk University ...
A brief bibliograpy for studying the Amistad revolt. La Amistad and American law By Mumia Abu-Jamal, 1 January 1998. The story of the Spanish schooner La Amistad is a ...
The true story of the 1839 revolt on the Spanish slave ship La Amistad would appear to make strong material for a film, and the brilliant opening scene of Steven Spielberg's ...
... built schooner, originally called Friendship , but changed to the Spanish La Amistad when ... Kromer, Helen. The Amistad Revolt 1839: The Slave Uprising Aboard the Spanish Schooner