Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a ...

Eventually, the case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court found that because the captives aboard the Amistad were free at the time of their capture in Long Island, they could not be ...

The June 2025 visit of Amistad, a replica of the historic 19th-century schooner, has been rescheduled to 2026.

Eventually, the Amistad was seized by the United States near Long Island in New York, and the enslaved Africans were imprisoned in Connecticut, where they would go on to win a Supreme Court trial ...

The Amistad is a replica of the 19th-century schooner ... and later won their freedom in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case. The ship's visit has been rescheduled for 2026. The Black Heritage ...

Rock is scheduled to have her trial on Oct. 6 after waiving her right ... Día del Amor y la Amistad 2025: El origen detrás de la celebración de los enamorados Oregon winter storm: School ...

“Amistad: Retold” centers on the people who ... and organized for their legal defense and to publicize their case for the nation,” Steinberg said. The exhibit’s walls are adorned with ...

Día del Amor y la Amistad 2025: El origen detrás de la celebración ... but the first substantive filing in the case, an opening brief laying out the grounds for her appeal, was not filed ...

C harcoal portraits depict six of the enslaved Africans who were aboard the Amistad, the 19th-century slaving schooner that became the center of a landmark Supreme Court case.After they were ...

Friday, Feb. 14: The Amistad Case Enslaved Africans aboard the ship Amistad revolted and were captured in U.S. waters in 1838. Their trial drew support from abolitionists in the Northeast ...