Make Us Free: The Voyages of the Amistad Africans Movie Review 1998

Tells the story of the legal case where 53 Africans illegally abducted and sold to plantation owners were charged with piracy and murder after taking control of the slave ship in 1839. Also shows how the trial galvanized America and set the stage for the civil rights movement of the next century.

Distribution

The Video Collection, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407-2284

Available on VHS
Running time 60 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Culture, History, History--U.S.