#laamistad hashtag - Bluesky

@jckaelin.bsky.social

9 months ago

#OTD #TDIH #July2, 1839 #SlaveShip #LaAmistad taken over by #Mende #Africans shipped to become #Slaves from #SierraLeone to #Cuba #Amistad #SlaveRebellions #Spain #Portugal #USVTheAmistad #SCOTUS #Freedom #BlackSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Amis...

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TODD S. DAVIS

@stric9253.bsky.social

10 months ago

Memorial Day weekend is also for reMEMbering other historical events and struggles worth memorialized.

AMISTAD (1997)

#nowwatching #amistad
#djimonhounsou #petepostlethwaite #chiwetelejiofo #morganfreeman #anthonyhopkins #matthewmcconaughey #laamistad #slaveship #revolt #history #stevenspielberg

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Rube Golberg

@rubegolberg.bsky.social

1 year ago

The slaves of the Amistad ship 1839 (disturbingly considered "property" by racist slave owners) were given 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 due process (simply for being on American soil) than a legal US resident w/ protected status in America.
Has SCOTUS not seen the film?
#FifthAmendment #LaAmistad #ChiefJusticeJohnRoberts

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