'Amistad' slave mutiny boat replica to visit Cuba

A ship modelled after the famous slave trading vessel La Amistad -- on which 53 African slaves revolted in 1839 -- has made landfall in Cuba on a tour of ports linked to the history of slavery in the Americas Africa and the Caribbean The mutineers aboard the Amistad -- the subject of a Hollywood film -- were eventually recaptured in the United States became a cause celebre for abolitionists and won their freedom following a landmark Supreme Court case ruling Duration 01 05