African American

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Amistad Links - A resource site for learning more about the Amistad.

The Amistad Trail - List of sites throughout the state important to the 1839 story of the 53 Africans who were bound for slavery in Cuba aboard the ship Amistad, but instead were freed after a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Connecticut Freedom Trail - Information on where to learn about the history of African-Americans in Connecticut, as they made the journey from slavery to freedom. Includes monuments, historic homes, churches, gravesites, parts of the Underground Railroad and the Amistad Trail.