NORWICH— The replica of the Amistad was welcomed in Norwich on Monday night. The 129 ft. “floating classroom” will be staying in Norwich for this week. During the week, there will be tours explaining ...
One hundred and eighty years after enslaved Africans revolted for their freedom off the coast of Cuba and made history, local African American elected officials set sail aboard a replica of that same ...
Connecticut is rich in black history and one of the most notable events that happened was the story of the Amistad. In 1839, 53 South Africans were kidnapped, sold into slavery and sent to Havana, ...
Since its inception in 2000, the Amistad — an 81-foot replica (129 feet overall) in Mystic of the original schooner that was the setting for the 1839 slave uprising that was foundational to both the ...
John 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, a peer support and recovery center in Portland, has expanded into Bath. The Times Record reported that in Bath Amistad is developing a variety of groups, classes and workshops to deal with ...
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