amistad

     

"Amista" is a Spanish noun meaning friendship. It may refer in English to:

Trivia about amistad

  • This Steven Spielberg film recently renewed interest in William Owen's history "Black Mutiny"
  • In 1839 Joseph Cinque led a mutiny aboard this Spanish slave ship
  • The name of this Spanish slave ship, the subject of a Spielberg film, means "friendship"
  • Harry Blackmun played Joseph Story, Supreme Court Justice from 1811 to 1845, in this film about a Spanish boat
  • (Morgan gives the last clue.) John Quincy Adams & Martin Van Buren were characters in this 1997 film in which I starred with Djimon Hounsou
  • African captives revolt aboard their slave ship & then have to stand trial in this movie based on an 1839 event
  • In 1839 Joseph Cinque led a famous slave revolt aboard this Spanish ship
  • A Supreme Court ruling from 1841 said Africans from this ship should be free & not become Cuban slaves
  • In 1841 ex-president John Quincy Adams represented the mutineers of this ship before the Supreme Court
  • Josiah Gibbs got help translating for the accused men of this ship from James Covey, an African sailor, once a slave
  • In 1839 Joseph Cinque led the revolt against Spaniards aboard this slave ship