The Mendi Bible (also spelled Mende) is a Bible presented to John Quincy Adams in 1841 by a group of freed Mendi captives who had mutinied on the schooner La Amistad. == History == in June 1839, 49 members of the Mende people in modern day Sierra Leone were captured and put on the Spanish ship the La Amistad, destined for slavery in North America.
The Mendi Bible (also spelled Mende) is a Bible presented to John Quincy Adams in 1841 by a group of freed Mendi captives who had mutinied on the schooner La Amistad. == History == in June 1839, 49 members of the Mende people in modern day Sierra Leone were captured and put on the Spanish ship the La Amistad, destined for slavery in North America.
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