Monday, April 23rd Agenda

1. Warm-up: Identify the following on the map below by writing the letter that you think correctly locates each place:
1. Sierra Leone
2. Spain
3. Cuba
4. New York
2. Read pp. 165-170 in Hakim on the Amistad
3. In small groups, write a speech reacting to the Amistad incident and the court’s decision. Be prepared to read your speech to the class.
Groups:
a. abolitionists
b. southern slaveholders
c. President Van Buren’s political advisors
d. A former slave from the Amistad
e. A slave on a southern plantation who hears rumors about what happened.
4. Read pp. 460-462 (HW if no time in class)