yr13_ia_2007_macphail_a

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=Plan of the Investigation (100-150 Words)=

This investigation focuses on the transatlantic slave trade, and how the events surrounding the trade are depicted in the film Amistad. In order to evaluate the validity and purpose of the film and to assess its usefulness to the historian studying the Trans Atlantic slave trade, I have also used other sources, including a biography written by a slave who was there at the time. I have divided my analysis section into three main parts. The first focuses on the conditions on board the slave ships. The second section focuses on the Amistad trial, and the validity of the scenes in the movie, and the third section of the analysis focuses on the Zong incident, and its relevance to the film Amistad.