This section provides a chronological framework for the Amistad incident by summarizing relevant historical events. These events are arranged by thematic timelines.

The Amistad timeline describes the revolt event, the court hearings and judgements, and the return to freedom.

The Atlantic Slave Trade timeline provides a brief history of slavery on both sides of the ocean, including significant treaties and legislation abolishing the practice.

A relevant history of Africa and Sierra Leone traces early colonial settlement, and attempts to stop the illegal coastal slave trade.

The West Indies timeline chronicles events of Cuba and the Carribean, with the rise of a slave trade market despite legislative prohibitions.

A United States timeline considers national history relevant to the slave trade, emancipation, and the early beginnings of the Civil Rights movement.

Follow the legal path of the Amistad case with the Courts timeline.