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Amistad Slave #1:
[in Mende]
He reminds me of that Fula of Baoma, you know the one who hires himself to scrape elephant dung from the crop rows. Amistad Slave #2:
[in Mende]
A dung-scraper might be just the kind of man we need right now. Baldwin:
[point to a map]
Here, Africa? Is this where you're from? A-fri-ca?
[in Mende]
He reminds me of that Fula of Baoma, you know the one who hires himself to scrape elephant dung from the crop rows. Amistad Slave #2:
[in Mende]
A dung-scraper might be just the kind of man we need right now. Baldwin:
[point to a map]
Here, Africa? Is this where you're from? A-fri-ca?
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He reminds me of that Fula of Baoma you know the one
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who hires himself out to scrape elephant dung from the crop rows
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A dung scraper might be just the kind of man we need right now
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Here Africa is this where you're from
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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
Cinque
