Captured African Cinque leads a revolt aboard the slaver Amistad . After subduing the ship's crew, the Africans sail to New York, where they are captured and tried. Cleared and released, they return to Africa in 1841. Ships diaries document 55 uprisings aboard ship by Africans, between 1699-1845 and mentions hundreds of attempted uprisings.
Historians believe that many others went uncounted.
The picture here shows African captives attacking the crew of a slave ship.