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Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the ...
Dec 25, 1997 · Amistad is a film directed by Steven Spielberg based on the true story of a slave revolt on a Spanish ship in 1839. The film follows the legal battle of the captured Africans to gain their freedom in the U.S. courts, with the help of abolitionist lawyer John Quincy Adams.
Dec 12, 1997 · Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Slavery could, I suppose, be seen largely as a matter of laws and property--at least to those benefitting from it. One of the astonishing facts revealed in Steven Spielberg's “Amistad” is that seven of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices in 1839 were slave-owning Southerners.
La Amistad was a 19th-century two-masted schooner of about 120 feet (37 m). In 1839 it was owned by Ramón Ferrer, a Spanish national. Strictly speaking, La Amistad was not a typical slave ship, as it was not designed like others to traffic massive numbers of enslaved Africans, nor did it engage in the Middle Passage of
Based on the true story of a significant moment during America's slave trade in 1839, aboard the slave ship, Amistad. Much of the story revolves a courtroom drama as lawyers for the slaves seek their freedom and return home.
Oct 27, 2009 · Learn about the Amistad Case, a landmark legal battle over the freedom of enslaved Africans who revolted on a Spanish ship in 1839. Find out how former President John Quincy Adams defended their rights and how the Supreme Court ruled in their favor.
May 27, 2013 · Release Date: December 10, 1997 Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and...
