Cause 4: The Amistad Incident

5. Court Ruling

- Amistad case heard in three separate courts - Eventually brought to US supreme court - Elderly John Quincy Adams represents amistad slaves -Slaves found innocent, allowed o return to Africa

3. Amistad revolt

- Cinque breaks free of chains, frees other slaves - Leads revolt aboard Amistad - Kills several of the crew, takes control of ship

2. Africans Captured

- Free Africans captured, brought to Cuba -given fake Spanish names to hide their African origins -53 Africans bought as slaves, boarded onto Spanish Slave Ship " La Amistad"

6. Results

- North cheers ruling - South opposes ruling, angry that slaves were to revolt against owners - Slave revolt was the biggest fear of slave owners

4. Amistad Captured

- US navy stops ships -Amistad captures are arrested, charged with murder and piracy - Brought to CT to stand trial -Northerners hire lawyers to defend slaves

1.The slave trade

- slave traders capturing free Africans, selling them into slavery -1808: US outlaws slave trade - Does not stop flow of Africans forced into slavery