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Baldwin:
Captain Fitzerald, please explain to us your primary duties in Her Majesty's Navy. Captain Fitzgerald:
To patrol the Ivory Coast for slave ships. Baldwin:
Because? Captain Fitzgerald:
Because slavery is banned in British law, sir. Baldwin:
Yet the abduction of freemen from the British Protectorate of Sierra Leone and their illegal transportation to the New World, as described by Cinque, is not unheard of, is it? Captain Fitzgerald:
Not even unusual, regrettably
Captain Fitzerald, please explain to us your primary duties in Her Majesty's Navy. Captain Fitzgerald:
To patrol the Ivory Coast for slave ships. Baldwin:
Because? Captain Fitzgerald:
Because slavery is banned in British law, sir. Baldwin:
Yet the abduction of freemen from the British Protectorate of Sierra Leone and their illegal transportation to the New World, as described by Cinque, is not unheard of, is it? Captain Fitzgerald:
Not even unusual, regrettably
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Captain Fitzgerald please explain to us
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your primary duties in Her Majesty's navy
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To patrol the Ivory Coast for slave ships
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Because
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Because slavery is banned in British law sir
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Yet the abduction of free men from the British protectorate of Sierra Leone
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and their illegal transportation to the New World
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as described by Cinque is not unheard of is it
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Not even unusual regrettably
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Movie Summary
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally
Actors
Captain Fitzgerald
Cinque
