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AMISTAD. 11. sir 12. case 13. proof 14. property 15. independence 16. spike 17. lion 18. net 19. base 20. direct. Vocabulary Chapters 1& 2. 1. slave 2. slavery 3. chain 4. captain 5.president 6. court 7. judge 8. jury 9. law 10.lawyer. 21. language 22. kidnappers
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11. sir 12. case 13. proof 14. property 15. independence 16. spike 17. lion 18. net 19. base 20. direct Vocabulary Chapters 1& 2 • 1. slave • 2. slavery • 3. chain • 4. captain • 5.president • 6. court • 7. judge • 8. jury • 9. law • 10.lawyer • 21. language • 22. kidnappers • 23. Havana • 24. Cuba • 25. metal • 26. unlocked • 27. freedom • 28. unusual • 29. escape • 30. towards
Vocabulary Chapters 3-4 • 1. pleased • 2. abolitionist • 3.slave • 4. newspaper • 5. newspaper business • 6.West Indies • 7. Africans • 8. two-sides of a story
Vocabulary Chapter 5 -6 • Courtroom • Uncomfortable • Property • Problem • Solution • Rightly • Wrongly • Criminal • Government • Kidnapper • Straight from • US court • judge
CHARACTERS – Chapters 1 and 2 AFRICANS Cinque Yamba Fala Buakei “wife’s voice” NON-AFRICANS Captain Ruiz Montes
Characters Chapter 3 and 4 Africans Cinque Yamba - tall Fala– strange pointed teeth Buakei Spanish Ruiz Montes Senore Calderon American Gedney Meade Pres. Martin Van Buren Leder Hammond Theodore Joadson – former slave Lewis Tappan – abolitionist, newspaper man
Characters Chapter 5 and 6 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 John Quincy Adams – 72, former 6th president of US Tappan Joadson • Minor - Judge Judson • William Holabird – US lawyer • Lewis Tappan – wants to represent Africans • Policeman • Senor Calderon- represents Queen opf Spain • John Forsyth – US government secretary – supporter of Calderon • Thomas Gedney • Richard Meade • Ruiz • Montes • Roger Baldwin
Setting • CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 • Place - The Amistad • Time – June 28-July, 1839 – not exact at this time- before American Civil War • Mood -Violence, despair, hope, despair • CHAPTERS 3 • U.S. Washington/Amistad; to CT. / prixon • July 1839 • Depair • CHAPTER 4 • Train of campaigning president on its way to Washington, D.C./newspaper office of Tappan • July 1839 • Disinterest of president/ insistence of Calderon; desire to help Joadson and Tappan • CHAPTER 5 • Courtroom/outside courtroom • 1839- same day • Conflicting stories and realization of “being murderer”; despair and confusion/hope through Baldwin • CHAPTER 6 • Washington, D.C. – home of John Q. Adams • 1839 • Despari from Adams/ hope again from Baldwin
Conflicts Conflict Man vs man Man vsman Man vssociety Man vs nature Man vs universe Man vs self Man vs Supernatural Proof Cinque and captain Cinque and Yamba Africans vs slave owners Two sides of an issue; politics; accused of murder; rules about slavery; kidnapping Africans vs navigation/thirst/surviving Africans vs concept of slavery Cinque vs to kill Africans vs self(suicide) Cinque vs concept of ancestors/Christianity
Important quotes: • Gedney: “If the slaves are mine now,” he though, “I can sell them in America and get a lot of money” (p. 6). • “They think we’re murderers or animals” (p. 7). – Cinque • “An American court can decide what happens next” (p. 6) Gadney • “These two men bought the salves in Havana,” Calderon explained, “So the slaves are their property and since Cuba belongs to Spain, they are Spain’s property. The queen of Spain wants you to return the slaves at once” (p. 9). • Joadson to JQA:“There must be an end to slavery. And the fact is that you are against slavery. You belong with us” (14).
Point of View • Omniscient • Goes into the thoughts of the characters: Gedney on page 6 and Cinque on page 7 (“They think we’re murderers or animals”)
Theme • Are people property? • Goes along with US Constitution: man’s inalienable rights: life, liberty (freedom) and the pursuit of happiness • What is justice? Were the Africans justifiable in murdering (was is murder?) their kidnappers?
CHAPTER 5“In the Courtroom” Part 1 • Setting: Courtroom – July 1839 • Characters;: • Minor - Judge Judson • William Holabird – US lawyer • Lewis Tappan – wants to represent Africans • Policeman • Senor Calderon- represents Queen opf Spain • John Forsyth – US government secretary – supporter of Calderon • Thomas Gedney • Richard Meade • Ruiz • Montes • Roger Baldwin • Conflicts man vs man vs society – slaves vs all who believe the slaves are theirs either individually or nationally • Symbol: chains
Chapter 5 “In the Courtroom” Part 2 • Setting: outside the courtroom, same day • Characters: • Baldwin – property lawyer • Lewis Tappan • Conflicts: • MAN VS MAN – Baldwin vs Tappan – ideas of property lawyer vs criminal lawyer
Chapter 6“People are Not Property” Part 1 • Setting: Washington, DC • Characters: • John Quincy Adams – 72, former 6th president of US • Tappan • Joadson • Conflicts: • Man vs man – JQA vsJoadson and Tappan (denied help) • Man vs self – Adams is he for or against slavery
Chapter 6“People are not Property” – Part 2 • Setting: restaurant • Characters: • Joadson • Tappan • Baldwin • Conflicts: • Man vs society – Slaves vs US courts • No matter what the court decides, the slaves will be sold to Spain, sent back to Cuba and be killed as murderers • Man vs society – Baldwin vs U Courtsare they property? Were Were they kidnapped? If so, kidnappers are criminals, not the Africans. they born slaves? Murder is not the issue.
