Pesci successfully lays out, and somewhat less successfully dramatizes, the Amistad rebellion ... slave named Antonio. The Africans try to force Montes to sail them back to Africa, but he steers ...

Rumble in the Courts The Amistad captives were charged with mutiny and murder ... claim to protect its rights to the wreckage of the slave ship Clotilda. See State of Alabama v.

There is no blood in the mutiny mural, Conwill noted ... A trial is underway for the African slaves who seized the slave ship Amistad and killed and beheaded its captain. At center stage stands ...

For years, “Amistad” was a shared incantation uttered ... Wolfe, who told her he was working on an opera about a slave ship rebellion. The two had a good giggle at the coincidence.

CAPTURING A SLAVE SHIP WAS VERY HARD TO DO ... THIS PART OF OUR SEARCH FOR THE ROOTS -- THE AFRICAN ROOTS OF THE AMISTAD REBELLION. WE FOLLOWED THE GHOSTLY SPIRITS OF THE AMISTAD REBELS TO ...

The Amistad Slave Ship Revolt, 1839. The incident triggered international interest. The enslaved Africans faced charges of murder and piracy, but the US Supreme Court found in favour of the ...

educational tours that told the story of the Amistad Rebellion of 1839. The ship, whose real-life counterpart is often misremembered as a slave ship, has been making stops in Harlem, Kingston and ...

“about how the ship was built, the story of the Amistad Rebellion, and how we use the vessel today.” Often remembered as a slave ship, the Amistad “is not and was never a slave ship ...