Amistad?s history paves future for young blacks

Ashia Vaughan, standing with dozens of other children on a dock in Baltimore City, said she understood the historical significance of the boat anchored before her, a replica of the storied ship Amistad.

But as the boat’s ceremonial captain told the rich history behind the revolt of the Africans illegally held captive aboard the Amistad nearly 170 years ago, the 13-year-old Dr. Carter Goodwin Woodson Middle School student said her peers “don’t care much about the history” that has paved the way for blacks like her.