The Significance of La Amistad: It's Place in History

La Amistad  Replica at Mystic Seaport in 2010 Author: Shanna Campbell 2 September 1839 : The play The Long, Low Black Schooner  opened in NYC, playing to a full house. This play was based on the revolt. 1962 : Robert Hayden published a poem titled "Middle Passage." In this poem, he retold the story of the revolt on La Amistad , gave background on the slave trade, and retold the trial. 1988 : Robert Skimm's novel Gray Victory  is published. In the book, the South won the American Civil War, and an abolitionist group attempting to infiltrate Richmond, Virginia calls itself "Amistad." 1997 : Steven Spielberg's film Amistad  comes out, based on the events aboard and surrounding  La Amistad . 1998-2000 : Artisans at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut build a replica of La Amistad . 1999 : Whitney Huston's hit single "My Love Is Your Love" references the "chains of Amistad." January 2011 : Random House published Ardency , a collection of p

La Amistad  off Culloden Point, Long Island, New York Date: 26 August 1839 Contemporary Painting, Artist Unknown PRIMARY SOURCES John Quincy Adams's Request for Papers Relating to the Lower Court Trials of the Amistad Africans [Petition for Certioriari]; 1841; United States, Appellants, v. The Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad, her tackle, apparel and furniture, together with her cargo, and the Africans mentioned and described in the several libels and claims, Appellees; Appellate Jurisdiction Case Files, 1792 - 2014; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States, Record Group 267; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/adams-amistad-request, April 23, 2021] Proctors' Answer; 1/7/1840; Thomas R. Gedney v. Schooner Amistad; Case Files, 1790 - 1911; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives at Boston, Waltham, MA. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.o