AMISTAD America, Inc. is the owner, operator and protector of Freedom Schooner Amistad. AMISTAD America was created in 1996 as a consortium between Mystic Seaport Museum, the Connecticut Afro-American Historical Society, the Amistad Committee of New Haven, Amistad Affiliates of New York, and other interested individuals working in partnership to promote the Amistad project.