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Amistad

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Amistad


1. The court cases we see this film determine whether the passengers or ¡§cargo¡¨ of the Amistad should be considered free properties or persons. They determined in two cases
„h First, those who were arguing, as property was the Spanish Kingdom. Because they were the ones who were trading the slavery and they considered as property to United States. Therefore, they were claiming that US is breaking the agreement between the two countries, which was for any miss conceptions that happens, they have to return the properties of each other.
„h Second, it was the lawyers who arguing that these are people, and they have to be considered as human being.
2. The court used their decision based on the lawyer¡¦s argument. These are the reasons
„h First, they agreed with the slave lawyer¡¦s argument, which was saying that these are people and it has to be considered as human being and they have to be free for their life. Especially, wh...

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