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Despite the harsh reality of their lives, slaves never lost their desire for freedom. They expressed it in daily acts of resistance, in attempted escapes, and occasionally in rebellion. Two of the most famous slave rebellions occurred in the 1830s: Nat Turner's Rebellion (1831) and the Amistad Case (1839) in which Joseph Cinquez led a revolt aboard a Spanish slave ship bound for Cuba. The ship eventually made its way to the United States, and in a celebrated case the Supreme Court awarded the Africans their freedom and allowed them to return to Africa. | |||
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Joseph
Cinquez Addressing His Compatriots on Board the Spanish Schooner,
Amistad, 26th Aug. 1839, lithograph by John Childs, 1839
Click image to enlarge. Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society |
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