The survivors of the Amistad and their abolitionist allies continue to battle in America's court system for freedom and justice.

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The survivors of the Amistad had won their freedom from the Spanish slavers through blood and strength of arms. Yet here they were now imprisoned in American jails faced with yet another battle for their freedom. This time though they had some allies.

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The story behind the creation of Jethro Tull's 1971 breakthrough album Aqualung.

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A group of Africans captured and sold into the cruel Atlantic slave trade seize an opportunity to fight for their freedom.

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The Lincoln County War itself might be over but Billy the Kid isn't done crafting his legend.


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The history behind the creation of Soundgarden's best selling album.


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More perish as the 'war' in Lincoln county continues but even a seemingly climatic 5 day battle in the town of Lincoln can not bring an end to the killing.

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A business and political rivalry had resulted in the apparent murder of John Henry Tunstall. This death though was not an end to the violence in Lincoln County it was the spark that started a virtual war in the region and among those who participated in this conflict was a man who would go down in history as Billy the Kid.

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This month I examine the creation of what's arguably the quintessential thrash metal album, Metallica's Master of Puppets.


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The Wild West is kind of a romanticized almost legendary era in American history. It was a time of larger than life figures. Cowboys and outlaws. Lawmen and gun fighters. Now how truly violent and wild the wild west was is debatable but there was at least one region that more than earned its reputation for violence and that was Lincoln County New Mexico.

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