Mutiny on the Amistad

The events that inspired the film Amistad. The first full-scale treatment of the only instance in history where African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home. In 1839, 53 of the captives led by Joseph Cinque revolted in the Caribbean aboard the Spanish slave ship, the Amistad. The seizure of the ship, the arrest of the Africans, and the Spanish protest against the violation of their property rights created an international controversy...