Use the link below to review an article on The Amistad Mutiny and answer the questions that follow.
1. Give a general summary of the Amistad Mutiny incident and court case that followed.
2. On what grounds was it argued that the Africans on board the Amistad were now free men?
3. Now click on the tab in the upper right corner titled “primary documents” and give a brief recap of the court testimony of Joseph Cinque.
Clip from the movie “Amistad” depicting the Mutiny (beware – violent)