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Review by: Mandy Apgar
I haven't seen the movie so I can't speak for how accurate
it is, but apparently the basic gist is - in 1839 Spanish slavers
kidnapped several Africans in their native neighborhood. After several
days at sea and subject to their tormentors four
of the slaves rose up and killed several of their captors. They took
control of the ship, the Amistad, but not knowing how to sail they kept a
man alive. He managed to fool them into thinking they were going
towards Africa when really they were heading into
waters frequented by ships of his allies. One spotted them, took over,
and the mutineers were tried, but spared. Defended by John Quincy Adams,
it was found that they were merely protecting their original freedom and
were sent, in relative luxury, back to Africa.
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