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Show Notes
In 1839, kidnapped Mende Africans held in the illegal Spanish slave schooner La Amistad revolted against the crew. When the ship was recovered off the coast of North America, a legal and political firestorm was ignited in a nation divided over the slavery question.
- The Story of the Amistad - Mystic Seaport Museum
- Exploring Amistad: Race and the Boundaries of Freedom in Maritime Antebellum America
- "The Amistad Revolt Struggle for Freedom," Published in 1840
- Amistad Mutiny | Description, History, & Facts | Britannica
- Discovering Amistad
- Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinque) (U.S. National Park Service)
- The Amistad Case | National Archives
- How the Amistad Rebellion, and Its Extraordinary Trial BY: JESSE GREENSPAN UPDATED: OCTOBER 15, 2020 | ORIGINAL: JULY 2, 2014 | HISTORY.COM
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Artwork: Brittany Schall
Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod