The Case of the Amistad

By EmmettMullins

  • 1800

  • Sengbe Pieh (Cinque) kidnapped in Africa

  • 53 captured Africans put on La Amistad

  • Captive Africans Revolt

  • US Navy seizes the Amistad

  • Amistad docks in Connecticut

  • Amistad Committee formed to help the Africans

  • Spanish demand Africans be sent to Cuba for trial

  • Spanish slave traders arrested

  • Spanish slave traders escape to Cuba

  • Cinque testifies in Connecticut court

  • Court rules the Africans be returned to Africa

  • Appeals court rules in Africans' favor

  • Supreme Court hears case

  • John Quincy Adams defends the Africans

  • Supreme Court rules Africans free

  • Africans begin journey home

  • Africans reach Sierra Leone (Africa)

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