音频游览 Farmington CT, the Amistad Mutiny and Abolishing Slavery in the US
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Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.Learn about the hospitality offered to the 36 Mendi Africans by Connecticut Abolitionists following the Supreme Court decision finding them to be free. This tour covers the 8 months when they lived in Farmington, sometimes traveled to Abolitionist meetings through New England raising awareness of the inhumanity of slavery, and raising funds for their return to Sierra Leone.
This tour puts their time in Farmington within the greater context of the events preceding their stay and their significance in the US abolishing slavery following the Civil War about 20 years later.
By touring these landmarks in Farmington, visitors can get a glimpse of the abolitionists and Mendi Africans as real people leading genuine lives rather than just dry historical figures.
Headphones or earbuds recommended. Be careful crossing streets, and pay attention to your surroundings.
- 1 Amistad Walking Tour brought to you by the Farmington Historical Society
- 2 Amistad Mutiny and Overview of Court Cases
- 3 Austin F. Williams House & Second Dormitory
- 4 Amistad Timeline
- 5 Reverend Noah Porter House
- 6 Freeman House [Location approximate. No longer standing]
- 7 Timothy Cowles House
- 8 First Church of Christ
- 9 Union Hall
- 10 The Samuel Deming House
- 11 Deming Store
- 12 Pitkin's Basin
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语音导览概要
Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.Learn about the hospitality offered to the 36 Mendi Africans by Connecticut Abolitionists following the Supreme Court decision finding them to be free. This tour covers the 8 months when they lived in Farmington, sometimes traveled to Abolitionist meetings through New England raising awareness of the inhumanity of slavery, and raising funds for their return to Sierra Leone.
This tour puts their time in Farmington within the greater context of the events preceding their stay and their significance in the US abolishing slavery following the Civil War about 20 years later.
By touring these landmarks in Farmington, visitors can get a glimpse of the abolitionists and Mendi Africans as real people leading genuine lives rather than just dry historical figures.
Headphones or earbuds recommended. Be careful crossing streets, and pay attention to your surroundings.
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审查该游览-
04-19-2019
awesome way to learn about this really interesting footnote to history of slavery in the US and influence on eventually civil war conflict.
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04-05-2019
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