When the fates of the enslaved captives of the Amistad are put into the hands of the Supreme Court, John Quincy Adams feels it's his duty to represent them. Adams’ son and wife would have preferred he stayed away from the case altogether.
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05/04/23 • 32 min
The Untold History of Sports in America - Founding Son: Episode 5 - Amistad
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Oh, I'm Bob Crawford. This is founding son John Quincy's America.
Speaker 1It's a summer morning, eighteen thirty nine. The hatch leading below the deck of the ship lifted. A hard shaft of light shot through the dank, fetid ship's hold. Joseph Sinke winced as he struggled to open his eyes, dazed,
Speaker 1unsure of his surroundings, pain shot through his leg
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