Exploring Amistad

What was the Amistad?

What was the Amistad trial about?

What was the Cuban slave market?

Who was "Cinque"?

What role did John Quincy Adams play in the Amistad case?

What was the Middle Passage?

Information on the Amistad case, including the Atlantic and Cuban slave trades, the revolt on the Amistad, the subsequent Amistad trials occuring in 1839 through 1841, the people involved in the Amistad case, and the case's place in history. Includes a timeline of legal proceedings.