Two months later, the Amistad arrived in New York where the slaves were seized by American troops. They then fought a much bigger foe than Spanish slavers: the American government. Cinque and his friends were tried for murder, and the case divided the nation.
Fresno (/ËfrÉznoÊ/ FREZ-noh), the county seat of Fresno County, is a city in the U.S. state of California. As of 2016, the city's population was 520,000, making it the fifth-largest city in California, the largest inland city in California and the 34th-largest in the nation. Fresno is in the center of the San Joaquin Valley and is the largest city in the Central Valley, which contains the San Joaquin Valley. It is approximately 220 miles (350 km) northwest of Los Angeles, 170 miles (270 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento, or 185 miles (300 km) south of San Francisco.
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