Which statement from the selection best expresses the central idea?
A. Even though the captives came from nine different ethnic groups or tribes, they communicated and agreed to band together and fight back.
B. The Africans from the Amistad were kept in jail, but their story became a kind of media frenzy.
C. And yet, despite the horrible conditions on the slave ships, some of the captives managed to rebel.
D. The Amistad was an important event in the transatlantic slave trade and to slavery in the United States.
