About this episode
In 1839, kidnapped Mende Africans held in the illegal Spanish slave schooner La Amistad revolted against the crew. When the ship was recovered off the coast of North America, a legal and political firestorm was ignited in a nation divided over the slavery question.The Story of the Amistad - Mystic Seaport MuseumExploring Amistad: Race and the Boundaries of Freedom in Maritime Antebellum America"The Amistad Revolt Struggle for Freedom," Published in 1840Amistad Mutiny | Description, History, & Facts | BritannicaDiscovering AmistadSengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinque) (U.S. National Park Service)The Amistad Case | National ArchivesHow the Amistad Rebellion, and Its Extraordinary Trial BY: JESSE GREENSPAN UPDATED: OCTOBER 15, 2020 | ORIGINAL: JULY 2, 2014 | HISTORY.COMPatreon: patreon.com/themorbidmuseum Instagram: @themorbidmuseum Email: themorbidmuseum@gmail.comArtwork: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod
