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Director: Steven Spielberg The Amistad Trial Feature Film AMISTAD Director: Steven Spielberg http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/amistad/AMISTD.htm http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/amistad/

The Amistad Trial How was the Amistad trial(s) an example of the increasing political sectionalism between the north and south. Also, discuss how President Van Buren represented the ineffectual and vacillating presidents of the era (#’s 8-10 & 12-15).

*Your Critical Essay should be approximately 2 pages typed. The Amistad Trial Furthermore, discuss how President Martin Van Buren represents the ineffectual and vacillating presidents of the era (#’s 8-10 & 12-15). *Your Critical Essay should be approximately 2 pages typed.

1.) District Attorney Holabird (Prosecutor): Trial for piracy, mutiny, & treason (?) 2.) Mr. Tappan (Abolitionist): Writ of Habeas Corpus, wants Africans freed. 3.) Sec. Of State Forsyth & Queen Isabella II: want slaves returned to Spanish gov’t. (Mutiny Act of 1795.) 4.) Lt. Gedney & Lt. Meade: U.S. Naval Officers fighting to claim slaves on the high seas. 5.) Ruiz & Montes: Claim “true ownership” & have receipt of sale from Cuba.