Freedom Schooner Amistad
The Freedom Schooner Amistad, with its low, and extremely elegant hull tilted masts, was launched in 2000 at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, and is owned by Amistad America Inc., a nonprofit organization based in New Haven, Connecticut, whose mission is to educate the public about the history of slavery, discrimination and civil rights. The ship is a recreation of the early 19th century Baltimore clipper La Amistad, an American built, Spanish registered craft which became a powerful symbol of the abolition of slavery in the United States.