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Jun 25, 2024 · Amistad mutiny, (July 2, 1839), slave rebellion that took place on the slave ship Amistad near the coast of Cuba and had important political and legal repercussions in the American abolition movement.
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Jul 7, 2024 · Amistad features an ensemble cast portraying various historical figures, including abolitionists, politicians, and the African captives involved in a famous legal battle. The film delves into the complex events surrounding the uprising on the slave ship, La Amistad, and the subsequent trial.
Jul 3, 2024 · List of Amistad characters, including pictures when available. These characters from Amistad are ordered by their significance to the film, so main characters are featured at the top while minor characters and cameos are further down on the list.
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1 day ago · Today, the Amistad story is widely recognized as a quintessentially Atlantic story, a story of mobility that moves back and forth across the Atlantic in multiple directions over many decades. The deployment of the phrase “Amistad saga” provides a vehicle with which to critique the socio-legal battles about transatlantic slave trading in Caribbean, North American, and West African history.
Jul 2, 2024 · On July 2, 1839, Joseph Cinqué led fifty-two fellow captive Africans, recently abducted from the British protectorate of Sierra Leone by Portuguese slave traders, in a revolt aboard the Spanish schooner Amistad.
4 days ago · He went on to become a stage actor in London. In Steven Spielberg's 1997 film Amistad, he gave support to Djimon Hounsou's Cinque as interpreter Ensign James Covey. In 1999, Ejiofor appeared in the British film G:MT – Greenwich Mean Time.
Jul 2, 2024 · July 2, 1839: Enslaved Africans rise up against their owners and take control of the slave ship Amistad. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.
