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Campaign finance has been a major point of discussion among the three remaining presidential candidates. How much do students know about the history of campaign finance law?

On a moonless night in July 1839, several enslaved Africans unshackled themselves and crept up to the deck of La Amistad where they attacked and killed all but two of their captors. In this lesson, students will learn the story of Amistad through videos and six murals by Hale Woodruff, an artist eager to use his skills to create social change.