Contemporary watercolor of La Amistad

La Amistad (Spanish: "Friendship") was a 19th-century two-masted schooner of about 120 feet. Built in the United States, La Amistad was originally named Friendship but was renamed after being purchased by a Spaniard. La Amistad became a symbol in the movement to abolish slavery after a group of African captives aboard revolted in July 1839. Its recapture resulted in a legal battle over their status. La Amistad, a 19th century Spanish schooner The Amistad, a 1841 United States court case concerning a slave rebellion on that ship. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 474 pixelsFull resolution (1641 × 972 pixel, file size: 744 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 474 pixelsFull resolution (1641 × 972 pixel, file size: 744 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ... Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner (IPA: ) is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ... This article is about the abolition of slavery. ... Slave redirects here. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Holding The “AFRICANS” are free, and are remanded to be released; Lt. ...

The incident

1840 engraving depicting the Amistad revolt

On July 2, 1839, Africans being carried aboard La Amistad from Havana were led by fellow captive Sengbe Pieh, known in America as Joseph Cinqué, in a revolt against their captors. After gaining control of the ship, the Africans demanded to be returned home, but the ship’s navigator deceived them about their course, and sailed them north along the North American coast to Long Island, New York. The schooner was subsequently taken into custody by the United States Navy and the Africans were taken to Connecticut to be sold as slaves. There ensued a widely publicized court case in New Haven, CT about the ship and the legal status of the African captives. At that time the transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas was illegal, so they were fraudulently described as having been born in Cuba. It needed to be decided whether the Africans could be considered salvage and the property of Naval officers who had taken custody of the ship, whether they were the property of the Cuban buyers, or of Spain as the Queen of Spain claimed, or lastly if the circumstances of their capture and transportation meant they were free. The issues became the focus of the Amistad (1841) Supreme Court case, which figured prominently in abolitionism in the United States. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the capital of Cuba. ... Joseph Cinqué. Portrait by Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1839 Sengbe Pieh (1815 – ca. ... Joseph Cinqué. Portrait by Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1839 Sengbe Pieh (1815 – ca. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... This article is about the state. ... Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner (IPA: ) is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ... USN redirects here. ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[2] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[3] Area  Ranked 48th in the US  - Total 5,543[4] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km)  - % water 12. ... This article is about the city in Connecticut. ... World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas in an equal-area projection The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Salvage may refer to: Look up salvage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Holding The “AFRICANS” are free, and are remanded to be released; Lt. ... This article is about the abolition of slavery. ...

The Ship

Text of the Amistad Supreme Court decision

Strictly speaking, La Amistad was not a slave ship in the sense that she was not designed to transport slaves, nor did she engage in the Middle Passage of Africans to the Americas. La Amistad engaged in shorter, coastal trade. The primary cargo carried by La Amistad was sugar-industry products, and her normal route ran from Havana to her home port, Guanaja. She also took on passengers and, on occasion, slaves for transport. The captives that La Amistad carried during the incident had been illegally transported to Cuba aboard the slave ship Tecora. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 376 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (496 × 790 pixel, file size: 260 KB, MIME type: image/gif) Text of the Supreme Court decision in the Amistad case. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 376 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (496 × 790 pixel, file size: 260 KB, MIME type: image/gif) Text of the Supreme Court decision in the Amistad case. ... Slave ships were cargo boats specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves, especially newly captured African slaves. ... Slave redirects here. ... This article is about the slave trade route. ... This article is about sugar as food and as an important and widely-traded commodity. ... This article is about the capital of Cuba. ... Guanaja is one of the Bay Islands of Honduras, and is in the Caribbean. ... The Tecora was a Portuguese slave ship of the early 1800s. ...

More Ships

True slave ships, such as Tecora, were designed for the purpose of carrying as many slaves as possible. Some very large slave ships carried up to 400 slaves. One distinguishing feature that enabled this amount of efficiency was the half-height between decks, which allowed slaves to be chained down in a sitting or lying position, but which were not high enough to stand in, and thus were not suitable for any other cargo. The crew of La Amistad, lacking the slave quarters, placed half the 53 captives in the main hold, and the other half on deck. The captives were relatively free to move about, and this freedom of movement aided their revolt and commandeering of the vessel.

Later years

After being moored at the wharf behind the Custom House in New London, Connecticut, for a year and a half, La Amistad was auctioned off by the U.S. Marshal in October 1840. Captain George Hawford, of Newport, Rhode Island, purchased the vessel and then had to get an Act of Congress passed so that he could register her. He renamed her Ion and, in late 1841, sailed her to Bermuda and Saint Thomas with a typical New England cargo of onions, apples, live poultry, and cheese. Nickname: Motto: MARE LIBERUM Coordinates: , NECTA Norwich-New London Region Southeastern Connecticut Settled 1646 (Pequot Plantation) Named 1658 (New London) Incorporated (city) 1784 Government  - Type Council-manager  - City council Margaret Mary Curtin, Mayor Kevin J. Cavanagh, Dep. ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[2] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[3] Area  Ranked 48th in the US  - Total 5,543[4] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km)  - % water 12. ... The United States Marshals Service, part of the United States Department of Justice, is the United States oldest federal law enforcement agency. ... Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... An Act of Vaginapenis is a bill or resolution adopted by both houses of the United States Congress to which one of the following events has happened: Acceptance by the President of the United States, Inaction by the President after ten days from reception (excluding Sundays) while the Congress is... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea, a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. ... This article is about the region in the United States of America. ... For the parody newspaper, see The Onion. ... For other uses, see Apple (disambiguation). ... Ducks amongst other poultry The Poultry-dealer, after Cesare Vecellio Poultry is the category of domesticated birds kept for meat, eggs, and feathers. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ...

After sailing her for a few years, he sold the boat in Guadeloupe in 1844. There appears to be no record of what became of the Ion under her new French owners in the Caribbean. Jan. ... West Indies redirects here. ...

La Amistad in culture

On 2 September 1839, a play entitled The Long, Low Black Schooner, purporting to be based on the revolt, opened in New York City and played to full audiences. La Amistad was painted black at the time of the revolt. is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

A 1997 film, Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg, examines the historical incident. Amistad (Spanish for friendship) is a 1997 Steven Spielberg film based on a slave mutiny that took place aboard a ship of the same name in 1839, and the legal activity that followed. ... Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. ...

Artist Hale Woodruff completed a mural depicting the events that occurred on board the Amistad. The six-panel sequence is on display at the Savery Library (named for founder William Savery), on the campus of Talladega College, Alabama. A mural of the ship itself is also embedded in the floor of the library, and school tradition dictates that it not be trodden on. Hale A. Woodruff (August 26, 1900 - September, 1980) was an African American artist known for his mural, paintings, and prints. ... Talladega College is Alabamas oldest private, historically black, liberal arts college. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

The street index in Havana

In honour of the described events, the name "Amistad" is carried as a street in a China-town of Havana. This article is about the capital of Cuba. ... This article is about the capital of Cuba. ...

Pusha T of hip-hop supergroup Re-Up Gang reference La Amistad in their song "20k Money Making Brothers on the Corner" from their mixtape We Got It 4 Cheap, Volume 3: The Spirit of Competition (We Just Think We're Better) with the lyrics The Re-Up Gang is a hip hop group, best known for their signature We Got It 4 Cheap mixtape series. ...

"Big chain around my neck like I’m fresh off The Amistad... We won’t stop ‘till you give us us free"

Freedom Schooner Amistad

Between 1998 and 2000, Freedom Schooner Amistad, a recreation of La Amistad, was built in Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, using traditional skills and construction techniques common to wooden schooners built in the 19th century, but using modern materials and engines. The modern day Amistad is not an exact replica of La Amistad, as the ship is slightly longer and has higher freeboard. There were no old blueprints of the original. The new schooner was built using a general knowledge of the Baltimore Clippers and art drawings from the era. Some of the tools used in the project were the same as those that might have been used by a 19th century shipwright while others were electrically powered. Tri-Coastal Marine^[1], designers of Freedom Schooner Amistad, used modern computer technology to provide plans for the vessel. Bronze bolts are used as fastenings throughout the ship. Freedom Schooner Amistad has an external ballast keel made of lead and two Caterpillar diesel engines. None of this technology was available to 19th century builders. Mystic Seaport is a maritime museum situated along the banks of the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut, USA. It is notable both for its collection of sailing ships and boats, and for the re-creation of an entire 19th century seaport, consisting of over 60 original buildings, most of them... A coffeeshop along Main Street in Mystic Mystic is a census-designated place located in New London County, Connecticut. ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[2] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[3] Area  Ranked 48th in the US  - Total 5,543[4] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km)  - % water 12. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Caterpillar Inc. ...

Freedom Schooner Amistad is operated by Amistad America Inc., a non-profit organization based in New Haven, Connecticut.^[2] The ship's mission is to educate the public on the history of slavery, discrimination, and civil rights. Her homeport is New Haven, where the Amistad trial took place. She also travels to port cities for educational opportunities. The Freedom Schooner Amistad is the State Flagship and Tall ship Ambassador of Connecticut.^[3] A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ... New Haven redirects here. ... Slave redirects here. ... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Ethnocracy Anti-discriminatory Affirmative action in the United States Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... This article is about the lead ship, store, or product of a group. ... The USCGC Eagle. ...

The Atlantic Freedom Tour

Freedom Schooner Amistad set sail on June 21, 2007, from New Haven on the "Atlantic Freedom Tour", a 14,000-mile transatlantic voyage to Great Britain, Lisbon, West Africa, and the Caribbean to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in Britain (1807) and the United States (1808). The ship arrived in Bristol on 30 August.^[4] is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see Lisbon (disambiguation). ...  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ... West Indies redirects here. ... The Atlantic slave trade, also known as the transatlantic slave trade, was the trade of African people supplied to the colonies of the New World that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean. ... This article is about the English city. ... is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

London was one of the ports of the United Kingdom portion of the Amistad's Tour. The schooner sailed up the Thames under the Tower Bridge on August 14, 2007, and moored for several days in London Docklands, where she attracted a great deal of attention. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ... For the bridge of the same name in California, see Tower Bridge (California). ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The 02 and Canary Wharf from the Royal Victoria Dock. ...

August 23, 2007, UNESCO's designated International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade, which fell during the ship's visit to Liverpool, was marked by the opening of the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool - the first museum of its type to open in the United Kingdom. {| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... A new International Slavery Museum is being created in Liverpool as part of the National Museums Liverpool group. ...

See also

• The Amistad, a Supreme Court case arising out of the rebellion aboard the ship
• Amistad (film), a movie about the court case.

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References

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External links

• Amistad: Some historical considerations.
• Amistad Atlantic Freedom Tour - The Official website of AMISTAD America Inc.
• Amistad: Seeking Freedom in Connecticut, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary