Amistad Courage, perseverance and hope are clearly seen through the actions of several Africans and their “Big Man” Cinque, who over-ran the slave ship La Amistad in an attempt to go home. Fifty-three native Africans fate is chosen by a “dung scraper,” a unknown attorney looking for a case, but that is only skin deep. Not only does this “dung scraper” know what he is talking about but he is the one who can and …showed first 75 words of 595 total…

…showed last 75 words of 595 total…feel inspired. The story of the Amistad is one that will hopefully never be forgotten for it is a story of courage and the American way. “We are what we used to be” (John Quincy Adams). What John Quincy Adams ultimately meant is that we would not be what we are today if our ancestors, our founding fathers, had not done what they did to make The United States of America what it is today.