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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad

  • Written by Kate McMahon, Historian of Global Slavery, Smithsonian Institution
Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the AmistadJohn Warner Barber's 'Death of Capt. Ferrer,' 1839.Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” – while they were being shipped to a plantation in Puerto Príncipe, Cuba.

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