"Well when I was an attorney, a long time ago, young man, I err... I realized after much trial and error, that in the courtroom, whoever tells the best story wins. In unlawyer-like fashion, I give you that scrap of wisdom free of charge."
Review: I always like well-made courtroom dramas and this one goes all the way up to the Supreme Court. A group of African slaves revolt and take over their slave ship but are soon captured by the American Navy. At a unique time when slavery was still legal in America but the transport of new slaves across the Atlantic was not, they were able to win their freedom in court.
"If only we could corroborate Cinque's story somehow with evidence of some kind."
"The inventory. If you look, there's a notation made on May tenth, correcting the number of slaves on board, reducing their number by fifty."
"What does that mean?"
"Well, if you look at it in conjunction with Cinque's testimony, I would say that it means this: The Tecora crew have greatly underestimated the amount of provisions required for their journey, and solved the problem by throwing fifty people overboard."
4 out of 5 Stars
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