Amistad the courant. Cinque leads revolt of captives aboard the ship Amistad, off Cuba.
Ship begins erratic course up East Coast of United States.
In Spring 1839, in the Mende country of West Africa, a man named Mayagilalo owed money, and could not pay it. For Mayagilalo, the choice was easy. So as rice planter Sengbeh Pieh, who lived nearby with his father, wife, son and two daughters, walked along the road one day, four men grabbed him and took him away. He did not see his home for three years. The marvel is that he ever saw it again.