The Amistad Case

Black History for White People

Education, History, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Society & Culture

3.6 • 719 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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We’ll begin the story in Africa and the culture of Sierra Leone, learn about the actual Amistad ship, the revolt onboard, the court battles, the SCOTUS decision, and the aftermath of the case.

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0:00.0	I don't know what most white people in this country feel.
0:07.0	I can only include what they feel from the state of their institutions.
0:12.0	Now, this is the evidence.
0:15.0	You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children, on some idealism which you assure me
0:24.7	in America, which I have never seen.
0:28.3	Welcome back to Black History for White People, a podcast where we educate, resource, and
0:33.5	challenge white people about Black history.
0:36.2	I'm Brad, and on today's show are my co-host, Katina and Garron.
0:39.6	Today's topic is the Amistad case.
0:42.0	We'll begin the story in Africa and the culture of Sierra Leone,
0:46.2	learn about the actual Amistad ship, the revolt on board,
0:50.2	the court battles, the Supreme Court decision,
0:53.9	and the aftermath of the case. We hope you
0:56.4	enjoy the discussion.
1:01.9	All right, we're going to talk about the Amistad case today, and per the norm, I don't know anything
1:08.2	about this. I've been told right before we started recording,
1:12.0	I heard someone made a movie about it.
1:13.6	I never heard of the movie, never saw the movie.
1:16.0	And to be honest, this came up in our line
1:18.9	because of our patrons on patreon.com
1:22.2	backslash black history for white people,
1:24.2	voted for this to be one of the topics that we cover. But I don't know anything. So,
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