Amistad Captives - Sold at Auction
WARNING:  THIS 8 MINUTE VIDEO RECREATES A KIDNAPPING SCENE AND SHOWS HOW AFRICANS WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR HOMES AND SOLD AS SLAVES.  IT NAY NOT BE EASY TO WATCH AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN.  After they were illegally kidnapped from their families, Africans were sent to the “new world” on ships characterized by unspeakably bad conditions.  People were sold, at auction, as slaves.  

In 1839, fifty-three such individuals were part of a s

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