Amistad Slave Revolt
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Slavery, Slaves, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Abolition movement, Abolitionists
- Curriculum: Latin American History, African American History, American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: Cuba, West Indies
- Date: July 1, 1839
Article abstract: Abolitionists win a victory in the judicial battle that follows an illegal importation of Africans as slaves.
Summary of Event
The British-Spanish Treaty of 1817 banned African slave trading as of 1820; however, enforcement was not adequate to deter many fortune seekers, and a highly lucrative covert slave trade existed, especially between Africa and Cuba. In April, 1839, a Portuguese slave ship left West Africa bound for Havana filled with more than five hundred illegally purchased Africans, mostly Mendis. After a middle passage that...
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