Alabama college opens home for Amistad slave ship murals A historically black college in Alabama is unveiling a new home for murals that depict a revolt by captive Africans aboard a slave-trading ship in 1839BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- 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. Talladega College on Friday was scheduled to dedicate a new museum that will hold paintings which illustrate the story of the Amistad mutiny. Worth about $50 million, according to the college, the three paintings will now be the centerpiece of a new campus exhibit. The brightly colored murals depict the takeover of the ship, the trial and the Africans' return to their homeland. The shipboard revolt and its aftermath was the subject of the 1997 movie “Amistad,” directed by Steven Spielberg.

Source: ABC News January 31, 2020 18:56 UTC