Amistad Revolt In 1839 there was a slave rebellion of 53 Mendean men, women and children from the West coast of Africa where they had been kidnapped and then illegally transported to Cuba. They were placed aboard a schooner, Amistad, for transshipment to Cuban sugar plantations. The captives seized the vessel and sought to sail to Africa. Instead the ship was sailed, by two Cubans Ruiz and Montes which the Mendeans kept alive to sail the ship, …showed first 75 words of 1180 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1180 total…included in future editions of American History textbooks because the Amistad Revolt is an inspirational story, effected both blacks and whites, and the changed the course of American History. These three reason are three of many reasons. No matter how you look at this topic, it points toward the right decision. The Amistad Revolt was wrongly ignored in current American History textbooks. Every American History textbook throughout the United States should include the Amistad Revolt.