, ▁and ▁at ▁times , ▁were ▁given ▁so ▁little ▁food ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁eat ▁the ▁food ▁from ▁each ▁other ' s ▁faces . ▁One ▁day , ▁fifty ▁capt ives ▁were ▁thrown ▁over board . ▁Later ▁on , ▁the ▁ship ▁arrived ▁in ▁Hav ana , ▁Cuba . ▁Those ▁capt ives ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁sold ▁at ▁au ction ▁were ▁handed ▁over ▁to ▁La ▁Am ist ad . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁Att orney ▁Hol ab ird ▁attacks ▁Cin qué ' s ▁" t ale " ▁of ▁being ▁captured ▁and ▁kept ▁in ▁the ▁slave ▁for tr ess , ▁and ▁especially ▁questions ▁the ▁throwing ▁of ▁pre cious ▁cargo ▁over board . ▁Hol ab ird ▁cont ends ▁that ▁Cin que ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁a ▁deb t ▁slave ▁by ▁his ▁fellow ▁Sierra ▁Le one ans . ▁However , ▁the ▁Royal ▁Navy ' s ▁fer vent ▁abol ition ist ▁Captain ▁Fitz ger ald ▁of ▁the ▁West ▁Africa ▁Squadron ▁back s ▁up ▁Cin qué ' s ▁account . ▁Bald win ▁shows ▁from ▁the ▁T ec ora ’ s ▁invent ory ▁that ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁African ▁people ▁taken ▁as ▁slaves ▁was ▁reduced ▁by ▁fifty . ▁Fitz ger ald ▁explains ▁that ▁some ▁slave ▁ships ▁when ▁inter dict ed ▁do ▁this ▁to ▁get ▁rid ▁of ▁the ▁evidence ▁for ▁their ▁crime . ▁But ▁in ▁the ▁T ec ora ’ s ▁case , ▁they ▁had ▁under est im ated ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁prov isions ▁necessary ▁for ▁their ▁journey . ▁As ▁the ▁t ension ▁r ises , ▁Cin qué ▁stands ▁up ▁from ▁his ▁seat ▁and ▁repeatedly