March 18th Goldsboro News Argus, AP. "A Symbol of the slave trade joins US and Cuba."
The ten-year-old Freedom Schooner Amistad, the official tall ship of Connecticut is scheduled to sail into Havana, Cuba, tomorrow in part of a ten-day, two city trip to that island country. It was from Cuba that the Amistad sailed in 1839 with a cargo of African slaves where it entered into history and became an abolitionist rallying cry.
What is surprising even more is that the US still has its 47-year-old embargo going on against Cuba. But, the retelling of the story of the African slave trade trumps the embargo.
The ship has already visited West Africa, and in particular Sierra Leone where many of the slaves came from.
Definitely a Case of History Trumping Current Events. --Cooter
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