Slavery in the US

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Joseph Cinque, a Captured Slave, Led the Amistad Slave Revolt on this day in 1839

TalkAfricana - July 2, 2020

Joseph Cinque (Sengbe Pieh) was a Sierra Leonean slave who led an uprising on the Spanish slave ship, La Amistad. Later Pieh and the other slaves involved in the revolt were put on trial for the death of two...

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