Exploring Amistad: Race and the Boundaries of Freedom in Antebellum Maritime America
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- Original Source:Mystic Seaport, National Endowment for the Humanities
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Exploring Amistad: Race and the Boundaries of Freedom in Antebellum Maritime America examines the Amistad revolt, a shipboard uprising of slaves off the coast of Cuba. It uses timelines, a library of historical documents, a discovery section and bibliography to teach about this watershed historical event, which set off a legal, political, and popular debate over the slave trade, slavery, race, Africa, and ultimately America itself.
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Topics: United States History, History-Social Science, The Civil War & Reconstruction