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On the morning of June 28, 1839, the schooner La Amistad set sail from Havana, Cuba, with a cargo that included 53 Africans who had been abducted from Sierra Leone and sold into slavery in violation of international law. Unaware of their fate and fearing they would be killed, the Africans revolted, sparing only two crew members to guide the ship eastward to their home. After a two-month voyage on a zigzag course, La Amistad was finally captured at Long Island, New York, where the Africans were jailed and charged...

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This is the story of 53 africans, abducted and sold into slavery in 1839, who took their fight for freedom all the way to the supreme court. Court documents and transcripts, letters written by the africans and their lawyers, newspaper articles and testimony from present-day scholars.

This historically accurate documentary tells the story of the revolt aboard La Amistad, in which abducted Africans took over the slave ship on which they were held, only to end up in the American judicial system. Court documents and transcripts, news stories, letters; drawings and paintings, and character interpretations create a complete picture of the incident, which is rounded out with interviews of history scholar Cheryl Johnson-Odim, law professor Michael Higginbotham, and Clifton H. Johnson...

Voyage of La Amistad: A Quest For Freedom - Alfre Woodard - Standard Screen - DVD - English - 30306727998