Amistad

This photo of The Amistad was taken in Mystic Seaport, in Mystic, Connecticut.

In 1839 the ship was making a slave run in Cuban waters when the 53 kidnapped Africans it was carrying rose up in revolt. The mutiny was ultimately put down when the remaining crew secretly steered the boat to Montauk, N.Y., and the Africans were taken into custody. They eventually went free when the U.S. Supreme Court declared their enslavement illegal.

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This ship is a re-creation of La Amistad and is currently docked in Mystic.