Lesson plan: Six murals tell the story of La Amistad and the African slave trade
On a moonless night in July 1839, several enslaved Africans unshackled themselves and crept up to the deck of La Amistad where they attacked and killed all but two of their captors. The men, women and children had been taken from modern day Sierra Leone in Africa and were headed to the Americas to be sold as slaves.
Although the international importation of slaves had been outlawed decades earlier, there was still a high demand for slaves in places like the United States. In the process of trying to sail the ship back to Africa, it was intercepted by an American Navel vessel and its prisoners were taken to New London, Connecticut for trial. The case captivated the entire nation.
A century later, famed African American artist Hale Woodruff brought the story to life through his commissioned murals at Talladega College in Alabama. Although the murals have mostly remained in the Savery Library at Talladega, their impact has reached far beyond the college campus.
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