When comparing the book Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy and the movie Amistad, we are able to experience the advantages and disadvantages of each first hand. Both these mediums have strengths...
The film Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg, was about a slave ship that became ingrained in American politics between 1839 and 1841. Amistad, covers many different forms of the African Slave Trade. This film portrayed the ways in which Amistad was involved in not only...
Sengbe Pieh, later known as Joseph Cinqué, used to be an ordinary man. He owned a rice farm in Sierra Leone, and lived with his wife and three children. However, one day, everything changed. Cinqué was suddenly torn away from his family and his home...