The Odyssey of the Amistad

In 1839, a group of Africans from the Mende tribe was forcibly taken from their homeland and transported across the Atlantic to be sold into slavery. However, their captors hadn't anticipated that the people they had enslaved would fight back. And what began as a desperate struggle for freedom aboard a small sailing ship became an international diplomatic incident, reached the highest court in The United States, and even involved a former American president. Learn more about the remarkable story of the Amistad on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by HexClad. I recently had a get together at my place, and one of the attendees asked me, so where's that HexClad walk you've been talking about? So I showed him and he said, yeah, this really is nice. And he was right. HexClad cookware is nice. And if you wanna upgrade your kitchen, you should consider a set. HexClad's 12 piece set is a strong pick if you're cooking multiple things at once. You have enough range to handle all your dishes without swapping pans halfway through. Hexclad's six piece set is a great everyday upgrade if you want the core pieces you'll actually reach for all the time. It gives you the essentials without overloading your cabinets with cookware you'll never use. Don't go into football season with cookware that makes game day meals harder than they need to be. Upgrade your kitchen with HexClad and make cooking, hosting, and cleanup easier all season long. For a limited time only, my listeners get 10% off your order with my exclusive link. Just head to hexclad.com/daily. Support the show and check them out at hexclad.com/daily, and make sure to let them know I sent you. This episode is brought to you by Ramp. Benjamin Franklin wrote the phrase time is money in 1748 in a letter advising a young tradesman. Two hundred and seventy eight years later, most of us still spend part of every month typing receipts into a form. Old Ben would be appalled because time spent on things like expense reports is time not spent doing something productive. With Ramp, expenses submit themselves. Just text or email your receipt and Ramp categorizes codes and submits it all for you. And when you book business travel with Ramp, they find the best flights and hotels you're actually allowed to book. So you don't find out a month later that something was only partially covered. More than 70,000 organizations have saved over $12,000,000,000 with Ramp. Time is money. Save both with Ramp. New customers get $250 off at ramp.com/eed. Go to ramp.com/eed. Ramp.com/eed. La Amistad, which means the friendship, was a nineteenth century two masted schooner, roughly a 120 feet or 37 meters long. At the time of the voyage, which made it famous, a Spanish national named Ramon Ferrer who lived in Cuba owned the ship. The Amistad was not built like a typical slave ship because it wasn't one. Slave ships traditionally …