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Freedom Schooner Amistad sails the world as a symbol of freedom, justice and human cooperation among all races and religions. The message is founded on the telling of the Amistad Story where kidnapped Africans were set free by a pro-slavery U.S. Supreme Court because black and white abolitionists work tirelessly to win their freedom.
| Freedom Schooner Amistad is currently returning to the United States to complete the second half of its Atlantic Freedom Tour. For nearly a year, Amistad’s crew and students have worked with international agencies and organizations in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Europe and West Africa in the recognition and commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in the former British Empire (1807) and the United States (1808).
Amistad has sailed more the 14,000 miles and has been visited by thousands of school children and conducted more than 50 public ceremonies and sailing events that have raised the awareness of the history of Atlantic Slave Trade and the stories of resistance waged by black and white abolitionists.
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+14,000 Miles Voyage of the Amistad
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Throughout the voyage, Freedom Schooner Amistad has worked with museums and educational outreach programs to tell the history of the trade and to highlight the significant way the legacy of that history reflects in today’s social, political and cultural character. The voyage included a special two-month stay in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the original West African homeland of many of the Amistad captives. This symbolic “homecoming” was a profound experience as the crew, students and church organizations, non-governmental organizations and the governments of Britain, the United States and the United Nations worked together in a show of cooperation and the celebration of peace and reconciliation after the Sierra Leone civil war.
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