Photos Joseph Cinque(z), Leader of the African Captives aboard La Amistad
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| Cinque, The Chief of La Amistad's captives |
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| Joseph Cinquez Addressing His Compatriots on board the Spanish Schooner, Amistad |
Sierra Leone and the Slave Trade
Sierra Leone on the map Author: Jessica Han Sierra Leone’s slave trade was established all throughout the country. One such noted establishment was Bunce Island, which was located about twenty miles north of the Sierra Leone river (Aldrich, Jane). The British establishment of Bunce Island in Sierra Leone served as what is commonly known as a “slave castle.'' These slave castles would serve as housing units for slaves before they would be shipped out to different slave ports for sale. Bunce Island opened as a slave castle in 1670 and operated until 1807. In another article by the Hartford Courant, they argue that “tens of thousands of kidnapped Africans from that region were shipped through the facility and onto the Caribbean Islands and the colonies of South Carolina and Georgia'' (Hartford Courant). Although thousands of Africans, most likely free men and women were kidnapped. The constant demand for slaves did not stop the surge in kidnappings of freedmen and women. B
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