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Amistad Revolt: Sengbe Pieh
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Sengbe Pieh , hero of the Amistad revolt Sengbe Pieh, of the Mende tribe in Sierra Leone, was born in 1813. At the age of 26 he was captured and sold to a Spanish slave master, who took him and 48 others to Cuba where he was sold to a Spanish sugar farmer, Jose Ruiz. Along with other slaves, he was chained and put on board the Amistad ship bound for Ruiz's plantation. On the third day at sea, Sengbe managed to break free of his chains, release his companions and arm them with cane knives. They killed the captain, forced the crew overboard and demanded that the Spanish slave master sail the Amistad back to Sierra Leone.
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Africans being carried aboard La Amistad from Havana were led by fellow captive Sengbe Pieh, known in America as Joseph Cinqué, in a revolt against their captors. Their transport from Africa to the Americas was illegal, and they were fraudulently described as having been born in Cuba. After the revolt, the Africans demanded to be returned home, but the ship’s navigator deceived them about their course, and sailed them north along the North American coast to Long Island, New York. The schooner was subsequently taken into custody by the United States Navy; and the Africans, who were deemed salvage from the vessel, were taken to Connecticut to be sold as slaves. There ensued a widely publicized court case in New Haven, CT about the ship and the legal status of the African captives. This incident figured prominently in abolitionism in the United States.
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T[H]is monument is a memorial to the 1839 Amistad Revolt and its leader, Sengbe Pieh... known as Joseph Cinque. Sengbe Pieh was on of the millions of Africans kidnapped from their homes and transported in bondage to the Americas. Sold into slavery in Cuba, he, forty-eight other men, and four children were bound aboard the schooner La Amistad. During a storm, Sengbe Pieh successfully freed himself and his fellows. The Africans seized the ship, but their orders to steer La Amistad homeward were thwarted. After futile weeks at sea, they were captured off Long Island by the U.S.S. Washington.
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" The monument shown on the Home page is a memorial to the 1839 Amistad Revolt and its leader, Sengbe Pieh... known as "Joseph Cinque." Sengbe Pieh was one of the millions of Africans kidnapped from their homes and transported in bondage to the Americas. Sold into slavery in Cuba, he, and forty-eight other men and four children were bound aboard the schooner La Amistad. During a storm, Sengbe Pieh successfully freed himself and his fellows.
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The University of Indianapolis will feature a speech from Samuel Pieh, an alumnus who is the great-great-grandson of the man who led the slave revolt on the ship Amistad. The revolt later was fodder for a Steven Spielberg movie.
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In 1839, slaves aboard a ship called the Amistad revolted to secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another. Their leader was Sengbe Pieh, a young Mende man, but popularly known in United States history as Joseph Cinque. The slaves had been kidnapped mostly from the neighborhood of the Colony of Sierra Leone and sold to Spanish slavers. They eventually received their freedom in 1841, after two years' internment in the United States awaiting the verdict of the courts regarding their "revolt" This was the celebrated Amistad Case, an episode far better known in the United States than on the other side of the Atlantic. But the incident had a far-reaching impact on both sides, influencing the course of American history and especially the development of Afro-American culture, while, in Sierra Leone, leading to the inauguration of American missionary activity that trained many of the elite group that led the nationalist movement to achieve independence from colonial rule.
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