Amistad

countries to be sold and to work on plantations for the benefits of salve owners. Many stories and accounts depict the ways slaves were treated. A good depiction of how the abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade was fought against was the case of Amistad and the movie made about it. After a period of time, Great Britain abolished the transportation of slaves causing things to change. The abolition of the slave trade ended the chances any slave owners had to transport slaves across the country.…

young adult males those being men aged 18-26. These were considered slaves of the most value. Slaves vying for food would take scraps off of the faces of a nearby slave or even try to grab the small amount of food out of the hands of another slave (Amistad.) In contrast, owners that had more of a concern with well being of the slaves would tend to be more generous with the food supply. In some cases slaves even received meals twice a day instead of once a day (Barbot Jr.) Not only did the…

The Catholic Worker House where I volunteered was called Amistad Catholic Worker, and I think that the Amistad case illustrates the best of our Congregational History. A statue of Joseph Cinque stands outside City Hall on Church Street. The Beinecke and Divinity School Library both hold writings of Jonathon Edwards, and I was able to…

More radical revolts were effectuated in larger groups. Gabriel Prosser, a slave insurrectionist, “sought to lead slaves and poor whites on August 30, 1800, in killing pro-slavery Virginians and gaining control of the central region of the state” (Ferrell 34). Despite of its failure, it conceptualized what real slave uprisings are. Years later another freed slave insurrectionist named Denmark Vesey who bought his own freedom started to plot for a revolution. Around 9,000 slaves and free blacks…

The most powerful scene comes after the lawyer presents the cargo manifest of the Portuguese trade ship, the Tecora. It seems like the case is already won. They're all celebrating and they tell Mr. Baldwin they underestimated him and that he should indeed take this statement as a compliment. As they are talking, Mr. Baldwin is hit by a bystander and falls. He then stands and asks what he did to deserve this and Theodore says "you took the case, you took the case Mr. Baldwin, you took the case…

about the Amistad slave mutiny that happened on June 30, 1839. This slave mutiny consisted of a slave leader named Joseph Cinque in which he killed the captain and the cook, then he goes on to order the surviving crew members in which their names were Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez to maneuver the ship back to Africa. However, during the night hours Ruiz and Montez headed for the United States. A captain in Washington, D.C, member of the naval vessel, named Thomas R. Gedney cut off the Amistad and…

The only reason the members of the revolt on the Amistad even got a trial was the fact that it could not be proven they were not born into slavery. The very principles of freedom in America are partly based on the fact that everyone has a right to a trial. That is something we take for granted as well.…

African slavery began in North America in 1619 at Jamestown, Virginia. The first American-built slave ship, Desire, launched from Massachusetts in 1636, beginning the slave trade between Britain’s American colonies and Africa (History Net 1). From the beginning, some white colonists were uncomfortable with the notion of slavery. At the time of the American Revolution against the English Crown, Delaware, and Virginia prohibited the importation of African slaves; Vermont became the first of the 13…

Julie Broderick began her teaching career after graduating from The College of William and Mary with an undergraduate concentration in Government and Spanish Language. Coming from a family of educators, her mom is a retired high school Spanish teacher and her dad is a retired university professor, Julie did not initially want to become a teacher when she went off to college. However, upon graduation Julie knew that she wanted to use her language skills in her future career and thus applied to…

Presidential Views on Slavery After many people stood up for the abolishment of slavery, it finally happened in 1865. A hand full of United States presidents had stood up for this as well. James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, had wished for the abolishment of slavery in a peaceful way. Madison had written a letter to Robert Evans explaining, “...merits encouragement from all who regard slavery as an evil, who wish to see it diminished and abolished by peaceable and just…