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It became renowned in July 1839 for a slave revolt by Mende captives who had been captured and sold to European slave traders and illegally transported by a Portuguese ship from West Africa to Cuba, in violation of European treaties against the Atlantic slave trade.
Oct 27, 2009 · The Amistad Case took place in 1839 when 53 illegally purchased African slaves were being transported from Cuba to the U.S. aboard the Spanish-built schooner Amistad.
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 2, 2014 · In 1839, the captives who carried out the Amistad mutiny had no idea it would become the most famous slave ship rebellion in American history. Taken from Western Africa and shipped across the...
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Jun 2, 2021 · Learn about the 1839 mutiny of the Cuban schooner Amistad by 53 Africans who seized the ship and sailed to Africa. Explore the legal and historical aspects of the case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and resulted in the abolitionists' victory.
Feb 9, 2010 · Learn about the 1839 revolt of enslaved Africans on a Cuban schooner that led to a landmark Supreme Court case in the U.S. Find out how the Amistad Africans fought for their freedom and returned to Africa.
…arrested aboard the slave ship Amistad—slaves who had mutinied and escaped from their Spanish owners off the coast of Cuba and had wound up bringing the ship into United States waters near Long Island, New York. Adams defended them as freemen before the Supreme Court in 1841 against efforts of…
