IVORY-SCRATCH BUILT

Scale: 1:96 L:24" H:17" W:8"
US $7,500.00

IRONWOOD-SCRATCH BUILT

Scale: 1:96 L:24" H:17" W:8"
US $7,500.00

The Amistad reminds us of the historical event in 1839 where 53 Africans who were bound for slavery in Cuba aboard the ship Amistad took over the vessel under the leadership of Joseph Cinque. Although Cinque insisted that the ship be returned to Africa, the crew instead sailed into Long Island South, where the boat was taken into New Haven by the United States Navy.

Consequently, a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court  was successfully argued by former American President John Quincy Adams. Adams argued, and the court agreed, that all human beings were naturally free people and entitled to that freedom under American law. Subsequently, the Africans were freed and they chose to return to Sierra Leone.

The actual vessel is not known but the movie was filmed aboard the Pride of Baltimore II. This depicts the Amistad from the movie.