Who does the author use the term ironic in paragraph 1 when describing the name of the Amistad?

A-The captives endured brutality, sickness, or death during a horrific journey to the Spanish colony at Havana, Cuba.

B-The Africans were led by Sengbe Pieh, a 25-year-old Mendi known to the Spanish as a Cinque, who manages to unshackle himself and his companions

C-The Africans were well treated by the crew of the ship on their journey to Cuba.

D-They attempted to land the ship in Cuba but instead sailed to Long Island.

1 The story of the Amistad began in January 1839 when hundreds of native Africans were captured from Mendeland near Sierra Leone, and sold into the Spanish slave trade. The captives endured brutality, sickness or death during a horrific journey to the Spanish colony at Havana, Cuba, on the notorious Portuguese slave ship Tecora. Upon arrival in Cuba, the Africans were fraudulently classified as native Cuban-born slaves and sold at auction to Don José Ruiz and Don Pedro Montez, who planned to transport them to their plantations on another part of the island aboard the cargo schooner La Amistad which, ironically, means “friendship” in Spanish. Desperate, the Africans staged a revolt three days into the journey and seized control of the vessel, killing the captain and the cook; two other members of the crew dove into the sea. The Africans were led by Sengbe Pieh, a 25-year-old Mendi known to the Spanish as Cinque, who managed to unshackle himself and his companions.