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          Amistad is a American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad..

          February - February 20, ) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.

        1. February - February 20, ) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
        2. For Frederick Douglass, it was an argument against repatriation schemes for the freed slaves.
        3. Amistad is a American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad.
        4. In , Freeman provided the voice of Frederick Douglass in The Civil War Amistad alongside Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, and Matthew McConaughey.
        5. He was also the first black member of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, and served as president of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society from.

          6. Matthew McConaughey filmography

          Matthew McConaughey is an American actor who made his breakthrough by starring in the Richard Linklater-directed coming of age comedy Dazed and Confused in 1993.[1][2] His first lead role was in the 1996 film adaptation of the John Grisham novel A Time to Kill.[3] The following year, McConaughey played the lawyer Roger Sherman Baldwin opposite Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins in the Steven Spielberg-directed historical drama Amistad, and also starred opposite Jodie Foster in the Robert Zemeckis-directed science fiction drama Contact.

          In 1998, he appeared in the Linklater-directed comedy-dramaThe Newton Boys. During the 2000s, McConaughey was typecast as a romantic comedy lead in the films The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch (2006), and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009).[2][4]

          In the early 2010s, McConaughey became better known for