Breath Of My Ancestors 3-9-17

On this day Mar. 9, 1841 the U.S. Supreme Court set Joseph Cinquez and the Amistad mutineers free…In July of 1839 fifty-three captured Africans were stowed away in the hole of the Amistad off the shores of Havana Cuba. They mutinied and took over the ship. Having never been on a boat and not knowing how to steer, they wandered into American waters were captured and held captive in New London Connecticut jail cells until the the Supreme Court’s decision. The 6th president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, pleaded their case and the 34 survivors were escorted back to Africa…This has been a Breath of My Ancestors Minute w/Ty Gray-EL…We Must Never Forget