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Amistad mutiny(July 2, 1839) Slave rebellion aboard the schooner Amistad. The revolt took place off the coast of Cuba when 53 Africans who had been abducted from Sierra Leone for the slave trade, seized control of the ship, killed the captain and cook, and ordered the navigator to sail for Africa. Pretending to do so, he sailed generally northward instead, and the ship was intercepted two months later off New York. Despite attempts by Pres. Martin Van Buren to send the Africans to Cuba, abolitionists demanded a trial, contending the men were free under international law. A federal judge agreed, and the government appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where in 1841 defending counsel John Quincy Adams successfully argued that the men should be freed. Donations helped the 35 survivors to return to Sierra Leone in 1842. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While a student at Yale College, Yale Law School, and the Yale
Teacher Preparation Program, Pryor co-founded Amistad Academy, an
acclaimed charter middle school in New Haven that has recently been
invited to replicate in New York City. The Amistad story and its complex triumph over the horrors of
enslavement have lived within the collective memory of many African
Americans since the incident occurred between 1839 and 1843. The designs will promote
the Hartford-based Amistad Foundation, which collects art and artifacts
that document African-American history. |
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