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Thousands of Sierra Leoneans chanted "Amistad! Freedom!" Sunday as the schooner Amistad sailed up to the docks of Freetown for a "homecoming" celebration.
For Master Emeritus William Pinkney, who was the Amistad's first captain and the man at the helm when it arrived Sunday morning, the event was "the culmination of a dream."See the full content of this document
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Amistad Welcomed Home in Sierra Leone
"I had hoped I'd be around long enough to do this," an emotional and exhausted Pinkney told the Register Sunday night during an interview from the U.S. Embassy in Freetown, capit...
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