1. AMISTAD

2. Vocabulary Chapters 1& 2 1. slave 2. slavery 3. chain 4. captain
5.president
6. court
7. judge
8. jury
9. law
10.lawyer
11. sir
12. case
13. proof
14. property
15. independence
16. spike
17. lion
18. net
19. base
20. direct
21. language
22. kidnappers
23. Havana
24. Cuba
25. metal
26. unlocked
27. freedom
28. unusual
29. escape
30. towards

3. 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

4. Vocabulary Chapter 5 -6 Courtroom Uncomfortable Property Problem
Solution
Rightly
Wrongly
Criminal
Government
Kidnapper
Straight from
US court
judge

5. CHARACTERS – Chapters 1 and 2
AFRICANS
NON-AFRICANS
Cinque
Yamba
Fala
Buakei
“wife’s voice”
Captain
Ruiz
Montes

6. Characters Chapter 3 and 4
Africans
Spanish
American
Cinque
Yamba - tall
Fala – strange pointed teeth
Buakei
Ruiz
Montes
Senore Calderon
Gedney
Meade
Pres. Martin Van Buren
Leder Hammond
Theodore Joadson – former slave
Lewis Tappan – abolitionist, newspaper man

7. Characters Chapter 5 and 6
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
John Quincy Adams – 72, former 6th president of US
Tappan
Joadson

8. 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
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

9. Conflicts Conflict Proof Man vs man Man vs society Man vs nature
Man vs universe
Man vs self
Man vs Supernatural
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

10. 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).

11. 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”)

12. 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?

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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 vs Joadson and Tappan (denied help)
Man vs self – Adams is he for or against slavery

16. 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.