Amistad Reflection

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“La Amistad”

I will write about the movie “Amistad”, directed by Steven Spielberg. He is a famous director, he has directed many movies, for example: Jaws, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, E.T, Tin-Tin, War Horse, Amistad, etc. The movie Amistad was released in December 10, 1997. It was based in a true history of historical events of 1839 before the United States civil war, it was aboard the slave ship “La Amistad” that was traveling from Cuba to the South of the United States with slaves born in Africa to sell theme, but the ship instead traveled to the north. The film earned $44,229,441 at the box office in the United States, debuting at Number 5 on December 10, 1997.

In a slave ship called “The Amistad” that was translating slaves
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When he escapes he helps the other slaves to escape from their cuffs, and when they finally escaped they start a mutiny, and kill most of the ship’s crew. Ci que forces the two Spanish men to go back to Africa, but when Cinque and the rest of the slaves were sleeping, the two Spanish men change the core of the ship to United States again. After a long time in the ship, they arrived to the north cost of the United States, were slavery was illegal. When they arrived, they were recollecting pure water when the United States Navy arrived and capture all the slaves and take them to pricing. The slaves are taken to court and several people claim property of the slaves, for example: The United States Navy Officers, the two Spanish man that were in “The Amistad” ship the Queen of Spain and the Abolitionist Union who wants to set them free. The Abolitionist Union representatives talk to John Quinsy Adams to help them free the …show more content…
Baldwin and John Quincy Adams were searching for a person that speaks both language, English and mended. When they find it they try to talk to Joseph Cinque and they explain him what happened. After a lot of time of working and talking and investigating, they won the case. John Cinque went back to Africa with all the other people, but when he arrived, his family died, and that is the end of the

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