The Amistad

Property vs. Morality The dispute arising over the Amistad can be looked at in two ways; in terms of property or in terms of morality. Property is a simple concept which most people can understand. Property is considered a tangible object that is owned or in possesion of another person. Examples of property include furniture, livestock and at one piont in history human beings. Morality on the other hand is not nearly as simple an …

…senors Ruiz and Menez. They take their new purchases from Cuba on a journey to America on the ship Amistad. During the journey Cinque leads a revolt agianst their Spanish captors killing all but two of the ships crew. The Amistad now in control of the Africans is piloted along the American coastline until it is apprehended by a ship of the fledgling United States Navy. The Amistad Africans as they are called are charged