Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...
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The Vast Geographic Scope of Slavery Is Hard to Fathom. One Groundbreaking Exhibition Shows Its True Scale Around the Globe
Charcoal portraits depict six of the enslaved Africans who were aboard the Amistad, the 19th-century slaving schooner that ...
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CONGRESS.; THE AMISTAD CASE IN THE SENATE. Ultra Speech of Mr. Iverson, of Georgia. Three More Fruitless Ballots for Speaker in the House.
addressed the Senate in opposition to the President's recommendations in regard to the Amistad claim, going into a long history of the case. He contended that there was no legal claim upon this ...