Amistad
Shipboard slave revolt
Amistad refers to a Spanish ship whose enslaved African captives revolted in 1839, seizing control and eventually winning their freedom through a landmark U.S.
Supreme Court case.
The incident became a symbol of resistance to slavery.
Steven Spielberg's 1997 film brought the story to wider audiences.
The name also appears in reservoirs, parks, and organizations. (Lowercase amistad is Spanish for friendship.)
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- 1997Four-digit date
- DreamWorksShrek's production company
- historicalOf documented times
Anthony Hopkins · Morgan Freeman · slavery · cinema · screenplay · Oscar · cinematography · score
Multi-masted sailing craft
- slave shipVessel transporting enslaved people
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- Middle PassageTransatlantic slave trade crossing
captives · Sierra Leone · cargo · voyage · Atlantic · deck · chains · shackles
Nation's top tribunal
- John Quincy AdamsSixth American chief executive
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- legal caseJudicial proceeding or dispute
verdict · acquittal · defense · testimony · justice · precedent · ruling · courtroom
Bond of mutual affection
- bondBinding tie or connection
- companionshipState of having company
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
solidarity · loyalty · trust · kinship · warmth · connection · closeness · fellowship
Spielberg
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- 1997Four-digit date
- DreamWorksShrek's production company
Anthony Hopkins · Morgan Freeman · historical · slavery · cinema · screenplay · Oscar · cinematography · score · depiction
schooner
Multi-masted sailing craft
- slave shipVessel transporting enslaved people
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
Middle Passage · captives · Sierra Leone · cargo · voyage · Atlantic · deck · chains · shackles · hull
Supreme Court
Nation's top tribunal
- John Quincy AdamsSixth American chief executive
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- freedomAbsence of constraint
legal case · verdict · acquittal · defense · testimony · justice · precedent · ruling · courtroom · appeal
friendship
Bond of mutual affection
- bondBinding tie or connection
- companionshipState of having company
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
camaraderie · solidarity · loyalty · trust · kinship · warmth · connection · closeness · fellowship · devotion
- History FilmsLincoln, Gettysburg, Glory, Selma, Saving Private Ryan
- Legal Films12 Angry Men, A Few Good Men, The Verdict, To Kill a Mockingbird, Presumed Innocent
- SpielbergE.T., Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Indiana Jones
- Abolitionabolitionists, Frederick Douglass, abolitionist movement, Underground Railroad, Emancipation Proclamation
- Slave Resistanceslave rebellion, revolt, uprising, insurrection, runaways
- slave tradeslave markets, slave auction, slave ships, slave trader, slave auctions
Amistadcompliance
Adhering to requirements
submission · docility · acquiescence · subjugation · obedience
AmistadMiddle Passage
Transatlantic slave trade crossing
slave ship · slave trade · barracoon · slave auction · slave market