Fifty three African men who had been captured from the West Coast of Africa under the leadership of one man named Seng be Pie rose up from the bottom of the dark hull of a boat named Amistad. He declared to his fellow prisoners this just ain’t right. Breaking out of the shackles the men confiscated as many weapons as they could. With every bit of detmination they had they sized the boat. Only two sailors on the boat were allowed to live. They were commanded to take the ship back to Africa.
Instead, it ended up on the East Coast of American and all were taken prisoners once again. The conflict that arose from the fifty three African men who had been taken against their will from thier own country to be bought and sold in another country was who owns these men or does anyone own them. This type of question about fellow human beings “just ain’t right.” Whose property are they? That question in itself, “just ain’t right.” One lawyer decided to stand up and declare “this ain’t right.” He defended the Africans in a trial that was being watched with a keen eye from all over American to Spain. Americans as well as Africans stood up and joined in saying, “this just ain’t right.” Finally, the Supreme Court stood up and with that one lone hero who was shackled in the bottom of that dark hull of the boar and said, “this just ain’t right.” The prisoners were freed. What started as one man’s cry from the pit of hell, “this just ain’t right” changed the course of history in the United States. This was the beginning of a long struggle to end the injustices that had been placed upon the African Americans.
No, it “just ain’t right” to enslave anyone or anything for any reason.