The Antelope and the Cruel Fate of Black Children in U.S. Law

In 1820, the Antelope was seized off the coast of Florida with approximately three hundred African captives crowded aboard—most of them children, with an average age of only fourteen. Torn from the shores of Central Africa, many from Cabinda, these young people endured a second Atlantic crossing, this time under the control of pirates and [ ] The post The Antelope and the Cruel Fate of Black…