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La Amistad

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A slave ship that was seized by enslaved Africans led by Sengbe Pieh in 1839, resulting in a famous legal case that granted the captives their freedom and generated public support for abolition.

AP course connection

Topic 2.4: 2.4 African Resistance on Slave Ships and the Antislavery Movement

Unit 2

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