click image for close-up Dejected, depressed, and despondent, captives aboard slave ships felt they had nothing to lose and so took any opportunity to revolt. According to Alexander Falconbridge ...

The Amistad Slave Ship Revolt, 1839. The incident triggered international interest. The enslaved Africans faced charges of murder and piracy, but the US Supreme Court found in favour of the ...

ROGER McKENZIE reflects on the enslavement, endurance and rebellion of Africans trafficked across the Atlantic and the untold sufferings of unknown ancestors ...

February is Black History Month: a time to celebrate Black Americans’ past, present and future. The Amistad is the most ...