Amistad

Discovering Amistad was forced to move its program online during the pandemic, and that made it possible to open up the learning experience to students who otherwise would not have had the chance to participate.

The name Amistad, and the historic slave ship itself, are familiar to many people here in Connecticut. Kai Perry is on the Discovering Amistad board of directors. “I like to call the Amistad incident of 1839 the first human rights case ever in the United States because it was the first time that people of color were tried as human…

The Amistad has returned to New Haven and will remain in the city for the next week. New Haven is the Amistad’s home port and a series of community events and educational programs are expected to take place. This is the boat’s third and final stop of the Amistad Journey to Freedom, which has included stops in Hartford and...