Feb 23, 2012
Hi, this is Teacher Jennifer of US Citizenship
Podcast. Happy African-American
History
Month!
Today we continue our exploration of the USCIS History and
Government questions and
African American
History.
Today we will talk about
USCIS 100:09. What are two rights in
the
Declaration of
Independence? We will first read about question 09 from
the USCIS M638 quick
civics lesson. Then we will
talk about a slave revolt on a slave ship, La
Amistad. We will
also talk about the leader of
the slaves Singbe Peh, also known as Joseph
Cinque, and the
abolitionistist who supported
the Amistad Africans. Finally we will discuss their
Supreme
Court case in
which John Quincy Adams, son of President
John Adams, defended the actions of
Amistad Africans based on the
inalienable rights of life and liberty as stated
in the
Declaration of
Independence. Let's get stated.