In April of 1839‚ a ship (La Amistad) carrying hundreds of native Africans from West Africa were captured near Sierra Leone‚ and sold into the Spanish slave trade. On July 1st ‚ while traveling across the Atlantic‚ the slaves led by Cinque‚ began a revolt on the high seas that ended the lives of the ship’s captain and crew‚ leaving two planters Ruiz and Montes‚ that were transporting Cargo (supposedly slaves) on the ship‚ to navigate the ship back to Africa. Instead the men purposely tried to steer
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knowledge of navigation‚ and since they could not speak or understand Spanish‚ they had no real way of communicating with the crew except for gestures‚ which were normally violent. Not knowing that they had been tricked‚ the ringleader of the slaves‚ Cinque‚ took a boatload of slaves ashore and unloaded. They refilled their water buckets‚ which had recently been emptied. One of the men on the ship catches their attention and they see another ship coming up along side of theirs. They jump in their boat
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attorney at law‚ had a resounding success with the decision that these Africans were not property‚ they were human beings that had certain rights and could decide where they wanted to go. Cinque‚ the leader of the African tribe‚ thanked strongly the support these characters give it to him and to his tribe. Finally‚ Cinque followed in crew to free other slaves who resided in Spain to then return to home.
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. Bugatti Veyron Super Sport: 267 mph (429 km/h)‚ 0-60 in 2.4 secs. Aluminum‚ Narrow Angle 8 Liter W16 Engine with 1200 hp‚ base price is $2‚400‚000. Although the Bugatti Veyron lost the title to SSC Ultimate Aero on March 2007‚ Bugatti challenge the record in Germany on July 10‚ 2010 with the new 2010 Super Sport Version and the Veyron once again claims the title of the fastest car in the world at 267 mph. The original Bugatti Veyron has a top speed of 253 mph‚ priced at $1‚700‚000 and equipped
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Geography of Italy Italy is a long peninsula; slightly larger than Arizona andit shaped like a boot. It is surrounded on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the east by the Adriatic. Italy borders Austria‚ France‚ Vatican City‚ San Marino‚ Slovenia‚ and Switzerland.The Apennine Mountains form the peninsula ’s backbone; the Alps form its northern boundary. The largest of its many northern lakes is Garda (143 sq mi); the Po‚ its principal river‚ flows from the Alps on Italy ’s western border and
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The autobiography of Olaudah Equiano telling his experience during the slave trade compared to The Amistad shares many similarities as well as differences. As a whole‚ both of these historical stories emotionally and mentally tells the struggle of slavery including how they were treated as well as how big slavery was. In both stories it described how slavery affected African Americans so badly that death might have been better than being treated as nothing by being chained and thrown together‚ taken
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1) In his essay “When Victims Speak (or‚ what happened when Spielberg added Amistad to his list?)”‚ Steve Lipkin declares that rather simply retelling the injustice slave story‚ Steven Spielberg’s docudrama Amistad takes the confrontation between emotional import of the story and its social and political background to convince audiences with the moral truth of American jurisprudence through the empower voice of enslave. 2) In his essay “When Victims Speak‚ (or‚ what happened when Spielberg added
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between the story and Amistad are the ways that the slaves were treated‚ the conditions of the ships‚ and the reactions of the slaves. In both the movie and the book slaves had to overcome horrific conditions to be freed‚ In the movie the main character Cinque was captured sold and thrown onto the Amistad and into the life of slavery but yet he was fought for and he finally made it home‚ In the story Olaudah finally was also on a slave ship and was sold into slavery. One way the stories were similar
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Afro American Film & Achieves Crooklyn “Crooklyn” is a black feature film made in 1994. It was written by Spike Lee‚ along with his brother Cinque Lee and sister Joie Lee. This is not your typical “Spike Lee Joint.” It’s not‚ in your face‚ or edgy‚ and does not address any racial‚ controversial‚ or sexual issues. The film shows the lighter side of Spike Lee because it is actually a family film. Crooklyn is semi autobiographical because it is loosely based on the childhood of Spike and
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