In 1839, fifty three of the Mendi people of Sierra Leone, Africa, were kidnapped and put aboard a Portugese slave ship on its way to Havana, Cuba. Their plight is the focus of the award-winning film, Amistad, produced by Steven Spielberg. In an uprising that took place on July 1,1839, the kidnapped Mendi people fought back and overtook their captors. Their subsequent capture and trial prompted then former President John Quincy Adams to defend the Mendi against being held as slaves. At the conclu

Sierra Leone observed the United Nations International Day of Remembrance, which commemorates the historical events of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. | SL News Blog

SIERRA LEONE RICH HISTORIC PAST WITH SLAVERY AND THE WEST! Sierra leone Road in Diego Martin holds rich history for Trinidad & Tobago..... After the abolition of slavery, emancipated slaves from Sierra Leone settled on the very same road way. | Salone Online Free Press

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The Beauty of Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 Culture | Unity Broadcasting