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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...
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Fairfield's Pequot Library to hold midwinter book sale
However, the idea never came to fruition. Tubyez Cropper and Michael Morand of Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library came together to document this story. Also hear from the ...
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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
Townsend during the trial, so remarkable. ‘Fuli,’ by William H. Townsend. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University Historians don’t know exactly why Townsend decided to ...