Amidsad

The Amistad set sail

Jun 28, 1839

Slaves overran there ship

Jul 2, 1839

The amisad people broke free and killed the crew exept for 2 men.

Montes and ruiz bail from jail and flee to cuba

Oct 25, 1839

John Fornsworth order to get captive to Cuba after court case is reached

Jan 2, 1840

The Amistad Case

Feb 22, 1841

The people on the Amistad took over there ship and forced them to sail east but they sailed west during the night and it reached land and they were not sure if they people were free or not so it went to the courts and the court gave them there freedom

John Quincy Adams gets invoved in Amisad case

Nov 19, 1841

Amisad caotives returned home

Jan 31, 1842

They returned to Africa 3 years after they were captured