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La Amistad
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It is a case that challenges the very foundation of our legal system, but for the African captives on trial, this is not a clash of politics or ideologies. This is a fight for the basic right of all mankind...freedom. It is the story of the Amistad, a slave ship that didn’t quite make it. When it ....
Middle of essay ....hey). However, as the case becomes the symbol of a nation divided, two great Americans lock horns in the debate. Pro-slavery President Martin Van Buren (played by Nigel Hawthorne), seeking re-election, is willing to sacrifice the Africans to appease the South, as well as Queen Isabella of Spain (played by Anna Paquin). But his will is challenged by former President John Quincy Adams (played by Anthony Hopkins), who comes out of retirement to fight the Africans' cause in the United State Supreme .... |
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