A historically black college in Alabama is unveiling a new home for murals that depict a famous revolt by African captives aboard a slave-trading ship more than 180 years ago.
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Commissioned by the college in 1938 and painted by artist Hale Woodruff, the murals hung in the campus library for nearly seven decades until they were removed for restoration and a national tour in 2008. “The murals are seen ... as a hidden jewel, but now it's no longer a hidden jewel," said Seddrick Hill, vice president of institutional advancement, in a video released by the college."We have a another reason to come to this wonderful city and explore this artwork, which means so much to a lot of people.”
Slave traders illegally abducted more than 50 people from what is now the west African nation of Sierra Leone in 1839 and shipped them to Cuba. African captives took over the Amistad after it left Havana, killing the captain and cook, and the schooner was seized by a U.S. ship after it arrived off Long Island, New York.
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