All 12 Uses
mutiny
in
Amistad
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- Its commander, Lieutenant Thomas Gedney, had listened to the well-spoken Spaniard, Pepe Ruiz, tell his teary-eyed tale about how the cargo of slaves had mutinied and murdered the captain and crew.†
Chpt 1.6
- It was the black miscreants who perpetrated mutiny, murder, and the repeated torture of my clients during a harrowing voyage of more than eight weeks.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- A writ of habeas corpus would only be an invitation for them to flee prosecution for their crimes of mutiny, murder, and thievery, prosecution for which should rightly take place back in Havana.†
Chpt 2.7
- He pointed out how the "rescuing" of the Amistad, whether from pirates, a mutiny, or damage due to weather and malevolent seas, was covered under Articles 8, 9, and 10 of Pickney's Treaty.†
Chpt 2.7
- Granting a writ of habeas corpus would be denying rightful justice, as well as opening the door for mass escape, a course the slaves certainly would pursue in light of their previous actions of murder and mutiny.†
Chpt 2.7
- He questioned the government's warrant for the arrest of the blacks as runaway slaves guilty of mutiny and murder based solely on the testimony of two slave owners.†
Chpt 2.7
- We are only entertaining the issues of mutiny, murder, and property.†
Chpt 2.7
- As such, I can render little because the proper answering of the questions of property brought here are clouded by claims of murder and mutiny.†
Chpt 2.7
- And by leading the mutiny, this man followed his destiny.†
Chpt 2.8
- Singbe went on to tell of the mutiny, and that, yes, they had killed the captain and crew, but that it was in self-defense.†
Chpt 2.9
- Their alleged actions of mutiny were committed in a desire to win back their liberty and return home.†
Chpt 2.9
- In the second part, however, I rule that I will not order extradition to Cuba of the negroes participating in the mutiny, since, as stated, these men were trying to wrest themselves from illegal bondage and thus in the eyes of this court, acting in self-defense.†
Chpt 2.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(mutiny) open rebellion against authority -- especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)