The image depicts the revolt on the Spanish slave ship "La Amistad", the action of the fight.

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Of course, we all know that Haiti was the first successful slave revolt.

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When the colonialists were forced out, partly by a slave revolt, Haiti became the first free black republic in 1804.

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In the seventh century BC, when the slave revolt led by Spartacus was defeated, 6, 000 slaves were crucified and left dangling on crosses that lined the road from here to Capua, 132 miles away.

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