The Amistad Trials

The Amistad Trials

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection
S1 E9: Learn about the legal importance of the Amistad trials by exploring three questions they presented. First: Are the African mutineers criminals? Second: Are they property? Third: If neither, what should happen to them? The ensuing controversy, you'll learn, helped build momentum for turning public opinion in the North against slavery.