AMISTAD
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While one could consider Cinque a lion, the harsh fact remains that not all lions are free. In this case, Cinque becomes a caged lion, eager to be set free again, and at the same time, unlike the lion as animal, willing to accept the leadership of the weak among the group being transported on the "Amistad." The questions that the movie, "Amistad" raises are not black and white. First of all, the slaves on board the ship mutinied and killed all or nearly all the Spanish crew. The first question, then, is: knowing they were about to be sold into slavery, did they have a right to mutiny? The second question is as former President John Quincy Adams argued, whether they had every right to be removed from the drifting ship and allowed to land and be granted asylum and eventual civil liberties and citize
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Approximate Word count = 548
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)
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