While combing today the web for "Amistadiana" I have noticed that online edition of British Times magazine reminded their readers that on August 26th "In 1839 the US Navy seized the Cuban schooner Amistad off Long Island, New York, which led to a legal ruling upholding the right of illegally enslaved Africans to mutiny on board a slave ship. "  It seems that the Amistad's visits in Liverpool, Bristol and London left some traces...

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