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Partial newspaper clipping featuring an image of several darker skinned people without shirts swinging long weapons at a white man.
News account of the Amistad revolt. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain)

Amistad Rebellion.

1839

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News account of the Amistad revolt. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain)

Several captured Sierra Leonean young people free themselves on the slaving ship La Amistad, rebelling and killing the ship's captain. This is a key action against the Portuguese government and their role in the slave trade.