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"Amistad Murals" (1938)
Artists Hale Aspacio Woodruff's murals consist of three panels documenting the capture of 53 slaves from present-day Sierra Leone in 1839. After the captives launched a revolt on board the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, they were tried before the U.S. Supreme Court and eventually won their freedom. The pieces are on display at Talladega College in Alabama. (Painting: Hale Aspacio Woodruff "Amistad" Courtesy of Talladega College)
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