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La Amistad. Joseph Cinquez or Sengbe Pieh. James Covey. Mende language. Roger Baldwin. Kin-na. Significance. It was the 1 st human rights case to be heard, fought & won in the US Supreme Court.
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Joseph Cinquez or Sengbe Pieh
It was the 1st human rights case to be heard, fought & won in the US Supreme Court.
It weakened Spanish (Cuban) & American ties. Queen Isabella II argued the case with 7 other presidents.
It strengthened the abolition movement and American & British antislavery groups grew in #’s.
It showed how a president could authorize actions that interfered with judicial process; thus, they strengthened the court systems.
Missionaries went to Africa to teach Christianity and to educate them.
53 Africans were transferred to La Amistad, a ship chartered by two Spaniards who had “purchased” the captives at auction in Havana, Cuba.
Letter to John Quincy Adams • Kali's January 4, 1841 letter pleaded: "All we want is make us free."