Why did the Africans rise up against the crew on the ship La Amistad?

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Alexis Reese

28 April, 14:04

Why did the Africans rise up against the crew on the ship La Amistad?

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Jamie Boone · Answer 1

Africans on the Cuban schooner Amistad rise up against their captors, killing two crewmembers and seizing control of the ship, which had been transporting them to a life of slavery on a sugar plantation at Puerto Principe, Cuba.

Braylon Garner · Answer 2

in the morning, Africans on the Cuban schooner Amistad rise up against their captors, killing two crewmembers and seizing control of the ship, which had been transporting them to a life of slavery on a sugar plantation at Puerto Principe, Cuba.