Marqu, drawn by William H. Townsend, was one of three enslaved girls aboard the Amistad. Library of Congress Grabo – or ...

The June 2025 visit of Amistad, a replica of the historic 19th-century schooner, has been rescheduled to 2026.

The Amistad is the most famous ship rebellion in history and has major ties to New Haven. “Amistad: Retold” centers on the people who led the Amistad revolt and their ongoing actions to ...

Feb. 8, the Somers Cultural Commission will celebrate Black History Month with truth seeker Adwoa Bandele-Asante, daughter of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) On the night of July 1 ...

These portraits, like the testimony in court and the revolt onboard the Amistad, bring the massive, messy, contested story of slavery down to the scale of individual humans. Their visages call ...