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The Transatlantic slave Trade lasted form the 15th to the 19th century.
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John Newton publsihed the song "Amazing Song" in 1779.
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Captain Collingwood killed 132 slaves between November 29 and December 1 because the ship was low of food and water sources
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Slave Trade was banned in 1808
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the Amistad was a famous slave trade ship
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President Martin Van Buren was in charge of all the slave trades in the west, he wanted the slaves on the Amistad to go to Cuba because of the money he would make from selling the slaves
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Cinque was the most powerful slave on the Amistad in 1839.
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Cinque led the mutiny on the Amistad on July 2, 1839, the slaves killed almost all the crew except for the slave owners and the bus boy, durning the night these people secretly turned the ship around and headed for America.
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Cinque ordered the slave owners to direct the ship back to Africa, but one of the slave owners secretly changed course to go back to America
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The Amistad finally reached the tip of long Island on August 26, 1840, and were immediately put in jail and finally went to court where the slaves were decreed free.
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Martin Van Buren was angered by losing the case so he used his power as the president to take the case to Supreme Court
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John Quincy Adams agreed to defend the slaves in Supreme Court
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The slaves were declared free in 1841
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the slaves finally got home in mid-January, 1842, after a very long journy.
