amistad

escaped; their fate is unknown. A slave cabin boy acted as translator, and Cinque instructed the Spaniards to sail the Amistad to the western coast of Africa.
They obtained a supply of water in the Bahamas, and according to his instructions, Montes sailed the Amistad east, toward the rising sun, during the day. When the sun set, however, he turned the ship around, at first trying to return to Havana, then eventually started steering it northeast at night, hoping to reach the eastern coast of the United States. The A...