Descriptions of Amistad slave ship captives
Descriptions of Amistad slave ship captives, from the ANTI-SLAVERY ALMANAC of 1841. Cinque and Grabeau were acquitted of murder charges for killing their captors. James Covey, originally from Mendi country in Africa, was liberated from another slave ship by the British and served as the Amistad captives interpreter. In the 1997 film, AMISTAD, actor Djimon Hounsou portrayed Sengbe Pieh/Joseph Cinque
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