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He was the leader of the captive Africans.
Who was Sengbe Pieh or Jose' Cinque?
It is the place Sengbe and other captive slaves were held before they were shipped to Cuba.
What is the Lomboko slave fortress?
In the movie, Sengbe holds on to this to help keep him safe.
What is a lion's tooth?
This person advocates for the ending of slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
The Amistad case began in this year.
What is 1839?
He was the 8th President of the United States of America.
Who was Martin Van Buren?
It is the place where the Amistad was going when Sengbe freed himself and took over the ship.
What is Puerto Principe?
The name of the slave ship the Africans boarded in Africa?
What is the Tecora?
The Tecora was this type of sailing vessel.
What is a schooner?
He was the judge in the first trial of the Africans.
Who was Judge Judson
He was the translator for the Africans and the defense attorneys.
Who was James Covey?
Most of the captive Africans came from this general area in Africa.
What is Sierra Leone?
In the movie, one of the Africans grabs this from someone and reads the pictures inside.
What is the bible?
This word defines the disorganized state of the abolitionists when the captives were discovered in American waters.
What is disarray?
This, along with the Cuban slavers, pushed the Amistad into American Waters.
What is a gale wind?
He defended the Africans at the third trial, in front of the Supreme Court.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
The Tecora sailed to this place with its captive Africans.
What is Cuba?
It is the ship originally called Friendship.
What is the Amistad?
This is a group of people appointed to perform a specific function or oversee a task.
What is a committee?
The Amistad case ended in this year.
What is 1841?
He was the main defense attorney in the Amistad case.
Who was Roger S. Baldwin?
This place is where the Africans were kept between trials.
What is a jail or an internment camp?
In the movie, John Quincy Adams suggested tearing this document up if the south was right about slavery.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
This is a violent or organized rise or fight against authority or oppression.
What is a revolt?
It took this organization to finally declare the Africans free and sent back home.
What is the Supreme Court?