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 Museum
- Exploring Amistad: Race and the Boundaries of Freedom in Maritime Antebellum America
- "The Amistad Revolt Struggle for Freedom," Published in 1840
- Amistad Mutiny | Description, History, & Facts | Britannica
- Discovering Amistad
- Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinque) (U.S. National Park Service)
- The Amistad Case | National Archives
- How the Amistad Rebellion, and Its Extraordinary Trial BY: JESSE GREENSPAN UPDATED: OCTOBER 15, 2020 | ORIGINAL: JULY 2, 2014 | HISTORY.COM
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