Resistance on Slave Ships: Amistad

​The Amistad

Multiple Choice

A voyage that bought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

• enslaved

• middle passage

• Atlantic Ocean

• Triangular Trade

Open Ended

What does this tell you about the way the Amistad is remembered?

​^{Sarah Margru Kinson}

Let's take a look at the Amistad Case.

Document Specific Vocabulary:

Respondents= the kidnapped Africans
Libellants= the Spanish enslavers
Schooner= The type of boat

Multiple Choice

Who led the Amistad Mutiny?

• Joseph Cinqué (also known as Sengbe Pieh)

• Frederick Douglass

• Martin Luther King

• Oladuah Equiano

Multiple Choice

Where were the respondents born?

• Africa

• Cuba

• Spain

• United States

Multiple Choice

Why were the respondents transported to the Island of Cuba?

• To be sold as enslaved people

• To reunite with their families

• To seek asylum

• To start a new life

Multiple Select

Who made the pretended purchase of the respondents?

• Jose Ruis

• Pedro Montez

• Raymon Ferrer

• Unknown persons

Multiple Select

Why did the respondents take possession of the Amistad (pick 2)?

• To return to their native country

• To seek asylum in a free state

• To seek justice

• To escape from the crew

Multiple Choice

Where did the Amistad arrive in the possession of the respondents?

• Cuba

• Chicago

• New York

• Connecticut

Multiple Choice

Where were the respondents confined after being seized by Lieutenant Gedney?

• Cuba

• Chicago

• New York City

• Connecticut

Multiple Choice

What do the respondents pray for?

• To be released

• To be sold as enslaved people

• To be transported back to Cuba

• To be given asylum

Open Ended

Describe one immediate impact of the Amistad Mutiny/Case.

Open Ended

Describe one long term impact of the Amistad Mutiny/Case.