1814 - 1879
Joseph Cinqué American Activist
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Details
| First Name |
Joseph
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| Last Name |
Cinqué
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| Full Name at Birth |
Sengbe Pieh
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| Alternative Name |
Joseph Cinqué, Sengbe Pieh, José Cinqué
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1813
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| Birthplace |
Mani, British Sierra Leone
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| Died |
1879
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| Place of Death |
British Sierra Leone
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| Eye Color |
Black
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| Hair Color |
Black
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Farmer
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| Occupation |
Activist
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| Claim to Fame |
Led the Amistad slave rebellion
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| Official Websites |
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397714
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Sengbe Pieh (c. 1814 – c. 1879), also known as Joseph Cinqué or Cinquez and sometimes referred to mononymously as Cinqué, was a West African man of the Mende people who led a revolt of many Africans on the Spanish slave ship La Amistad. After the ship was taken into custody by the United States Revenue Cutter Service, Cinqué and his fellow Africans were eventually tried for mutiny and killing officers on the ship, in a case known as United States v. The Amistad. This reached the U.S. Supreme Court, where Cinqué and his fellow Africans were found to have rightfully defended themselves from being enslaved through the illegal Atlantic slave trade and were released. Americans helped raise money for the return of 35 of the survivors to Sierra Leone.
