The Amistad

What major conclusions can you derive in regard to the significance of the Amistad Case? In 1839, in waters off the coast of Cuba, a group of forty-nine Africans ensnared in the Atlantic slave trade struck out for freedom. They had been captured, sold into slavery, carried across the ocean, sold again, and they were being transported on what was, for millions of Africans, the last leg of the slave trade when they found the chance …

…united several types of abolitionists with a common goal to accomplish and brought new ideas and processes of freeing blacks to the table. The fact that the two presidents were involved with the case proves that slavery was a large issue and people had strong opinions regarding it. The fact that the blacks were freed was a superior step for anti-slavery and this case would live in the minds of all for years to come.