A replica of the historic ship, the Amistad, is sailing into Yonkers for a single day. On Wednesday, July 31, the ship will dock at Esplanade Park, where visitors can experience a free, educational ...

The tall ship Amistad, once Connecticut’s ambassador, is becoming a symbol of mismanagement, lax oversight and tax dollars wasted. It’s good that the state ordered a five-year audit of the finances of ...

A floating history classroom made a special stop in Yonkers Wednesday. The replica of the historic 1839 Amistad docked at Esplanade Park, where visitors boarded the boat for free, educational tours ...

One hundred and eighty years after enslaved Africans revolted for their freedom off the coast of Cuba and made history, local African American elected officials set sail aboard a replica of that same ...

The Freedom Schooner Amistad, a historical replica of a slave ship, has returned to the Elm City for public tours. On Saturday morning, Mayor Toni Harp and Gov. Dannel Malloy spoke at a ceremony at ...

Since its inception in 2000, the Amistad — an 81-foot replica (129 feet overall) in Mystic of the original schooner that was the setting for the 1839 slave uprising that was foundational to both the ...

Students from Hartford and nearby towns will learn about the Amistad’s place in Connecticut history starting Sept. 9, when the reproduction of the legendary tall ship will dock on the Connecticut ...

Capt. Bob Glover stood on the dock at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut at nightfall on a cold March day and watched as director Steven Spielberg filmed Africans disembarking from the slave ship Amistad. ...

A replica of the Amistad ship, which once carried slaves is travelling from the USA to Greenwich to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. The Amistad sets sail on ...

A replica of the 19th Century slave ship, Amistad, is beginning a 22,500km (14,000 mile) transatlantic voyage retracing the route of the slave trade. The trip commemorates the 200th anniversary of the ...