There is a bloody fight on the slave ship Amistad. Now the African slaves face prison and the US law. The courts must decide: are the Africans murderers? Or are they honest men, fighting to be free?
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Chapter 1 Escape
Chapter 2 Towards the East
Chapter 3 In Chains Again
Chapter 4 A Friendly Face
Chapter 5 In the Courtroom
Chapter 6 People Are Not Property
Chapter 7 Africans or Cubans?
Chapter 8 Proof
Chapter 9 A New Judge
Chapter 10 James Covey
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