Amistad- Freedom Schooner: Built at the Mystic Seaport Shipyard
Come visit Amistad at Mystic Seaport on Saturday,
Sunday, and Monday of Memorial Day weekend! Open 9-5pm.
AMISTAD Haul out on April 30, 2009
AMISTAD has been hauled. Her hull was in terrific shape (somewhat surprising given that she hasn't been hauled for two years and the fact she has been in many different climates during that period). Most of the work will be done by her crew, although caulking, if necessary, will be handled by our shipwrights. Amistad will go back into the water on May 14, 2009. <See photos of the haul out.> <Watch the video>
Building Amistad
The freedom schooner Amistad was built at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport and launched in 2000.
Exploring Amistad
The Mystic Seaport site, Exploring Amistad, explores the Amistad Revolt of 1839-1842 and and how history was made.
Amistad America, Inc.
Amistad America, Inc. built a recreation of the freedom schooner Amistad at Mystic Seaport. Keel laying was on March 8, 1998, the nearest weekend day to March 9, the date the Supreme Court handed down its decision in favor of the Amistad Africans.
Construction photos and more details are available at the Amistad America site.
The Amistad Friendship Quilt Project
The Amistad Friendship Quilt Project is a community effort to provide imaginative quilts for the bunks of the schooner Amistad. Quilt blocks were created and contributed by individuals from around the world, then assembled and donated to the ship. This effort, promoted by Montgomery College in Maryland, Amistad America, and Mystic Seaport, reflects a primary goal of the Amistad project, to unite people of diverse cultural backgrounds in the achievement of a common goal.
Amistad -- The Film
Mystic Seaport provided research and served as a location for four days of shooting during production. Our waterfront represented New Haven Harbor of 1839, and figures prominently in the film.
Available Amistad Merchandise
Amistad Launch Commemorative Coin - Amistad s/n Print by James Mitchell - Amistad Poster