Amistad Memorial (New Haven)
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Amistad Memorial (New Haven)
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The Amistad Memorial in New Haven, Connecticut, is a bronze sculpture created by Ed Hamilton to recognize the events of the 1839 Amistad Affair. The affair was a kidnapping of 53 Africans and their subsequent mutiny aboard La Amistad. It led to a historically significant United States Supreme Court case, in which the Amistad captives were ruled to be acting in self-defense, thereby granting them the right to mutiny. The memorial sits in front of the New Haven City Hall on Church Street, the loca
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Sculpture in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amistad_Memorial_(New_Haven)
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2023-11-12T07:03:30Z
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