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 ...
This Matthew McConaughey Performance Is Undoubtedly One of His Most Powerful — and It's Totally Overlooked
Spielberg takes some liberties with the characterization ( in real life, Baldwin was neither young nor inexperienced at the ...
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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
But historians know very little about the individuals aboard these slave ships ... in the 1860s. The Amistad rebels inspired other captives: In 1841, as the American ship Creole traveled between ...
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How did enslaved people resist or rebel against enslavement?
The Amistad Slave Ship Revolt, 1839. The incident triggered international interest. The enslaved Africans faced charges of murder and piracy, but the US Supreme Court found in favour of the ...
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On This Day, March 9: Supreme Court rules in Amistad case
March 9 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 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 ...