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Yes it is a slavery film. It focuses on kunta kente who is taken from Africa and sold to john renalds.

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amistad shows the slavery era and the slave trade. the rights violated in the film would be the right to freedom or the violation of freedom.


What were the historical roots of African-American slavery?

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