NORWICH— The replica of the Amistad was welcomed in Norwich on Monday night. The 129 ft. “floating classroom” will be staying in Norwich for this week. During the week, there will be tours explaining ...

Connecticut is rich in black history and one of the most notable events that happened was the story of the Amistad. In 1839, 53 South Africans were kidnapped, sold into slavery and sent to Havana, ...

Since its inception in 2000, the Amistad — an 81-foot replica (129 feet overall) in Mystic of the original schooner that was the setting for the 1839 slave uprising that was foundational to both the ...

A floating history classroom made a special stop in Yonkers Wednesday. The replica of the historic 1839 Amistad docked at Esplanade Park, where visitors boarded the boat for free, educational tours ...

Amistad, a peer support and recovery center in Portland, has expanded into Bath. The Times Record reported that in Bath Amistad is developing a variety of groups, classes and workshops to deal with ...

William H. Townsend’s pencil sketches of the Amistad captives portray people full of character, who when robbed of their freedom, fought to regain it. The 43 captives’ arrival in New Haven in ...

"The Mutiny on the Amistad" (A 1939 oil on canvas painting by Hale Woodruff, in the collection of Savery Library, Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama / National Museum of African American History ...

John Warner Barber’s ‘Death of Capt. Ferrer,’ 1839. Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La ...