Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by the world-renowned, Mr. Steven Spielberg. The film was based on the true story of America’s slave trade in 1839 which shows the saga a mutiny aboard the slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors’ ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by a U.S revenue cutter. Much of the story revolves a courtroom drama as lawyers for the slaves seek their freedom and return home. The case is a watershed moment for America- Spain relations, and reveals the political machinations as it holds repercussions on the North- South conflict eventually leading to America’s Civil War.
Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of 53 Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship as runaway slaves. As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the U.S., Cinque, who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find help when they land. Instead, when they reach the United States, they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. They don 't speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors
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It showed us the state of slavery in the past. Slaves were dehumanized for they were deprived of their own lives. They work not for themselves but for other people who did not really care about them. At present, although the word “slaves” is not anymore used to name people who are serving another, the treatment, for some is still the same. There is also injustice in terms of the benefits these so called “slaves” receive. They work hard to gain not only money for themselves but also to serve their employers but sometimes are not given the return for their hard
The Amistad case was backed by many facts. The facts about where the Africans were from, and how they were brought to the United States. The lawyer for the Africans was a lawter named Baldwin. The trial took place in 1839.
What was never presented was the point of view from the African Americans because it was seemingly dismissed. It was eye-opening to read about the experience from an African’s perspective because it brought a whole new light to my understanding of what it meant to be a slave and the struggles black Americans face here in the US, even
It shows you how things went when Andrew Jackson was president. it showed you that things were harsh in life was not even close to perfect for anyone. It showed that some people can be greedy and abused the things they can take for granted. It showed that people got pushed around and things weren't fair. It showed that some things that the government does aren’t necessarily the right things to do
The resistance he encountered would be fatal for Esteban and many of his group members. Esteban’s significance is that many other Spanish explorers used Africans in their conquest to discover new land. One can see from the story of Esteban, initially African slaves were often servants or soldiers for the Spanish army. In the beginning slaves did not work solely on plantations. Their roles would evolve as the society and economy in America
The treaty stated that anything found in U.S.A waters was to be returned to Spain. This meant that Spain would get all the Africans back as slaves. The Queen 's decision had a large impact on the Amistad
It makes us think about how bad it is to treat people as property and reminds us to think about why slavery happened and what impact it still has today. The information that was stated here is info shown from castles.nl which covered the point about the abuse of human beings in the Elmina
Argument paper. The Middle Passage is the part of the trade, where Africans, tightly packed on ships, were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the West Indies. The journey lasted for several months, at this time the enslaved people basically lay in chains in rows on the floor of the ship 's hold. Genocide, in turn, does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of the nation, except for the massacres of all members of the nation.
This Essay is about the Amistad Case, the director is Steven Spielberg he is a very famous director, Steven born on 18 of December 1946, and he had made many popular movies like Jaws, E.T, Jurassic Park, Tintin, and a lot more, he had won many Oscars too. This happen in the US Civil War, in that time the US was on bad conditions because they were on fight between the South and North of the US because South wanted slavery and North didn’t want to have. It all first started in a ship that was called ´´ Amistad´´ that have it slaves inside the ship, the slave stake over the ship and killed all the crew except two of them, Joseph Cinque wanted to take the slaves free, Cinque forces the two of the crew to take them Africa, the two men were going to America and not Africa, they arrived the USA coasts, they were captured by the US navy ship, they were taked to jail, the salves were taked to court and several people claim the property for them, for example: The US
The Amistad Case This essay is about the Amistad case from 1942. All started in Sierra Leone were African slave traders captures illegally many Africans, including Joseph Cinque, for selling them to Portuguese slave traders. Most of the Africans that were captured were send in the slave ship “Tecora”. This slaves were taken to Havana, Cuba where they were sold to José Ruiz and Pedro Montez and went in the ship called “Amistad”. One of the day Cinque led a revolt, killing the captain and the cook of the ship, they prisoned Ruiz and Montez for them to take them over again to Africa but instead they went opposite direction and landed in the United Sates where they went to jail and to a trial with the charges of murdering.
This book will create a picture of what the Cuban and Spanish war was like. “Slavery all day,and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!”(The Surrender Tree Quotes).This quote shows how people at that time struggled
Despite the severe conditions of the slave trades, slaves rebelled against their servitude in a number of ways, including by acts of disobedience and the preservation of their cultural traditions. The storm in the background, which represents a strength and power beyond human control, promotes the prospect of survival and resistance even though the artwork shows slaves' floating bodies. By showing how the storm overwhelms both slaves and slavers, the awful concepts behind this try to depict humanity's helplessness and despair when faced with nature. Turner used a range of viewpoints to evoke sympathy for the slaves and resentment towards the slavers as the prisoners are undergoing their just punishment. But the storm is also either drowning the slaves or making them food for the marine monsters.
"Amistad," is a historical drama directed by Steven Spielberg in 1997. This film is based on the true story of African slaves who rebelled against their captors on a slave ship in 1839. The film delves into the legal battles and trials that took place after the revolt, and the impact they had on slavery in the United States. The movie opens with the enslavement of the Africans, who were torn from their families and homes and brought to work on the Spanish slave ship Amistad.
He uses these experiences to show just how unjust the treatment towards slaves was. As a child, he was not allowed to learn like many of the white children were, they wanted to keep the slaves ignorant
Abstract In 1997, Amistad was filmed. My abstract (Internet) is going to be the compare and the contrast over two credible sources over Amistad the movie and others opinions. Amistad‘s situations go deeper than such anachronisms as President Martin Van Buren campaigning for reelection on a whistle-stop train tour. In 1840, candidates did not campaign or people constantly talking about the coming Civil War, which lay twenty years in the future.
In what ways does Steven Spielberg adapt the original story for the screen – and what are the consequences of these adaptations? After viewing the film Amistad and reading Iyunolu Folayan Osagie’s The Amistad Revolt, I have noticed and read about quite a few discreptinies. Steven Spielberg made several adaptations to the story in his film Amistad that did not quite line up with or properly portray the history itself.