amistad

AMISTAD Amistad is based on a true story about an 1839 slave revolution. La Amistad is the Spanish word for “friendship”, ironically the ship had nothing to do with friends at all. The ship’s purpose was to illegally transport slaves to Spain. The director, Spielberg does an excellent job of recreating a revolt by slaves that started in the lower courts of Connecticut and ultimately ended in the highest court of the land, the U.…

…be divided over such a controversial issue. The northern industrialized, wealthy states waged a full-scale war on the south. The northern states having much more money and supplies thought the south wouldn’t stand a chance. However, Spain was just as interested in protecting the right to own slaves as the confederates, so when Queen Isabella II heard of the conflict, she was more than willing to send troops, supplies and money to the south.