The issue in Amistad is clearly stated that we stay in a totalitarian government that alters facts and history to help support its power and enslave the population. ... According to the editors of the learning kit, Joadson was a black abolitionist ( in the movie he is played by Morgan Freeman) who aided John Quincy Adams in the defense of 53 Negroes and their leader Cinque ( who led the revolt against the ship), before the Supreme Court. ... Educators and students might have benefited from authentic background materials about a heavily hyped film, but this study guide treats the movie's ...

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