POSTPONED: Conversations at Noon on the Connecticut Freedom Trail: “The Amistad Affair”
POSTPONED: Conversations at Noon on the Connecticut Freedom Trail: “The Amistad Affair”
First in a limited series, The Amistad Trilogy.In 1839, 53 captive Africans rebelled aboard the Spanish schooner La Amistad. They took over the ship, but were captured by the US Navy in Long Island Sound and taken into custody. They then allied with local abolitionists in Connecticut to fight for their freedom through the US […]