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Amistad became the first and largest vessel ever constructed at Mystic Seaport, where shipyard staff coordinated construction with students from vocational schools in Connecticut and with volunteers.
amistad: replica schooner. In 1839, Mende captives from Sierra Leone took control of the ship transporting them to slavery, the Amistad. Unable to navigate back to Africa, the ship was captured and towed into the port of New London in Connecticut.
Visit The Amistad in a port near you! Discovering Amistad will be offering free tours* of the Amistad ship. Come by and learn from our education team about how the ship was built, the story of the Amistad Rebellion, and how we use the vessel today. *with the exception of Mystic Seaport Museum.
- 475 Long Wharf Drive New Haven, CT
- info@discoveringamistad.org
- (860) 992-4933
Imagine life on a ship by boarding one of our four National Historic Landmark vessels. PURCHASE TICKETS. CHARLES W. MORGAN: Whaleship. Learn More. L. A. DUNTON: Fishing Schooner. Learn More. EMMA C. BERRY: Noank Smack. Learn More. SABINO: Steamboat. Learn More. Amistad: Replica Schooner. Learn More. ANNIE: Sandbagger. Learn More.
Jun 7, 2020 · With planned summer and fall educational programs cancelled due to the COVID pandemic, the ship will remain at Mystic Seaport for the remainder of the year. Plans are to relaunch the ship...
In 1998, Mystic Seaport began construction of the freedom schooner Amistad–marking a major educational program centered on the re-creation of an historic vessel from the keel up.
Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport underscores the horrors of enslavement, the brutality of the middle passage, the centrality of slavery and “race” in Jacksonian-era politics, and the intricacies of international slave jurisprudence.
