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Titles: Exhibition of the Amistad Blacks-Display of Mendi Learning, Eloquence, and Music
Description: Lewis Tappan brings the Amistad Africans before the Tabernacle. They recount their story, read from the bible, and display their spelling skills.
Primary Source Publisher: New York Morning Herald
Primary Source Publication Date: 5/13/1841
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Subject Keywords: Amistad African - Amistad Africans
Amistad African - Bagna
Amistad African - Burna
Amistad African - Cinque
Amistad African - Fuliwulu
Amistad African - Kinna
Amistad African - Kale
Amistad African - Sessi
Amistad African - Yaboi
Other Person - Tappan, Lewis
Other Keyword - Race
Other Keyword - Abolition
Courtesy of: microfilm, Harvard University



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