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Overview of the Amistad Revolt This clip was filmed in Connecticut's (CT) Old State House, the site of the first Amistad trials.
A trial is underway for the African slaves who seized the slave ship Amistad and killed and beheaded its captain. At center stage stands their leader, Cinque.
That’s where the Amistad Committee, itself formed 175 years ago to help as the legal defense in the case, drew more than 200 guests and supporters to mark the 175th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme ...
Students from Hartford and nearby towns will learn about the Amistad’s place in Connecticut history starting Sept. 9, when the reproduction of the legendary tall ship will dock on the Connect… ...
Irving’s notes on the case, included in his papers at the Beinecke Library, appear to be a compilation of memoranda summarizing the facts of the case and the Spanish demands. The civil trial in ...
On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of the Amistad slave ship had been illegally forced into slavery and thus were free ...
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As John Quincy Adams would note in his own arguments regarding the Amistad: “One step further and the case of the Antelope would have conferred unfading glory on the Supreme Court.
On This Day: Supreme Court rules in Amistad case On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of the Amistad slave ship had been ...
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Since its inception in 2000, the Amistad — a 81-foot replica (129 feet overall) in Mystic of the original schooner that was the setting for the 1839 slave uprising that was foundational to both ...
College students pore over the trial documents that upheld the freedom of the Amistad Africans, and New England children clamber over a replica vessel at Mystic Seaport.