La Am is t a dby. Zachary, Jay, Daniel and Cracco

Th e s h ip

• A wooden two masted schooner

Originally a cargo ship later became a slave ship

• Name means “Friendship”

Made in America

R e v o lt a t S e a

• Sailing from Havana to Cuba there was a revolt

The Africans used farming cane-knifes

• Took complete control of the ship

Killed all but two spanish sailors

?S a il in g H o m e

• Not knowing how to sail the two Spaniards steered the ship

Trading the Spaniards their lives for the way to Africa

• The Spaniards sailed them along the eastern coast of America

They were intercepted in Connecticut by the USS Washington

?Le g a l o r Il le g a l

• The biggest debate was on the legal status of the slaves

At this time transporting slaves across the Atlantic ocean was illegal

• The Spaniards said that the slaves were from Cuba

C la im s

• Four claims were made by four completely different people

Queen Isabella II of Spain

• The Cuban buyers

• The American Naval Officers (under salvage property)

• Or if they were free

Th e C o u r t

• After spending some time trying to find out where the slaves were born they finally established that they were in-fact born in Africa

Therefore they were obtained illegally

• They were granted freedom

Th e Ap p e a l

• There were three appeals

this case went up to the supreme court who ruled they were illegally obtained

• They were set free

H o m e a t la s t

• In 1842 the African slave who survived returned to Africa

• The voyages cost was covered by the American Government

S e n g b e P ie h

• The Africans leader through this

Played a crucial role in their court cases

• Later became a Slave trader himself

S la v e r y

• This tale brought up tension between the north and the south

The north didn’t want war

• The south wanted their slaves bad enough to go to war

Ab o lit io n is t s

• The fact that many of the supreme court judges were slave owners showed that the country was moving forward

This was one of the first times the black population had won

• There was a war fought over slavery in the end but this proved that change was just around the corner

Im p o r t a n t N a m e s in t h e Tr ia l

• John Quincy Adams

Martin Van Buren

• Theodore Joadson

Sengbe Pieh