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On July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard La Amistad while being transported to a Cuban plantation. The following rare portraits highlight their humanity and fight for freedom.
Image: John Warner Barber’s ‘Death of Capt. Ferrer,’ 1839. Sepia Times/Universal Images via Getty Images
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