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La Amistad

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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La Amistad

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  1. La Amistad

  2. Joseph Cinquez or Sengbe Pieh

  3. James Covey

  4. Mende language

  5. Roger Baldwin

  6. Kin-na

  7. Significance

  8. It was the 1st human rights case to be heard, fought & won in the US Supreme Court.

  9. It weakened Spanish (Cuban) & American ties. Queen Isabella II argued the case with 7 other presidents.

  10. It was a cause of the American Civil War.

  11. It strengthened the abolition movement and American & British antislavery groups grew in #’s.

  12. It showed how a president could authorize actions that interfered with judicial process; thus, they strengthened the court systems.

  13. Van Buren was not re-elected.

  14. The slave fortress in Lomboko was found and destroyed.

  15. Missionaries went to Africa to teach Christianity and to educate them.

  16. http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/barber/barber.html

  17. Text of the court case.

  18. 53 Africans were transferred to La Amistad, a ship chartered by two Spaniards who had “purchased” the captives at auction in Havana, Cuba.

  19. On the Teccora

  20. Mende language

  21. Letter to John Quincy Adams • Kali's January 4, 1841 letter pleaded: "All we want is make us free."

  22. Slaver Montes points at Cinque

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