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Amistad: Sierra Leone’s Secret History & The Hero Joseph Cinqué Before “Freetown” was a name on a map, it was an idea — freedom after generations of bondage. The story begins with Sengbe Pieh, known to the Spanish as Joseph Cinqué, who led the revolt aboard the Amistad. After a landmark court case in the United States, the captured Africans were sent home — to Sierra Leone. Freetown’s very name honors that history. It became a settlement for freed Africans from Nova Scotia and beyond — people of