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Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad

By Kate McMahon, Historian of Global Slavery, Smithsonian Institution
Portraits of enslaved people from the 19th century are unusual. But a Connecticut artist named William H. Townsend decided to draw the rebels as they stood trial, leaving behind an invaluable record.The Conversation


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