Norwich Tech students will visit the Amistad while it is docked at Mystic Seaport Museum in April to learn about the Rebellion and its important impact on world history.

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5th and 6th grade students will visit the Amistad while it is docked at Mystic Seaport on April 1st to learn about the Rebellion and its important impact on world history.

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Students at St. Theresa's School of Trumbull will learn about the Amistad Rebellion of 1839 and its impact on the modern day.

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Friday, March 22, 2024   
12 to 1:00 p.m.
ZOOM Webinar

Discovering Amistad's Director of Education, Chris Menapace, will be presenting an informational webinar diving into the important history of slavery and the slave trade in Connecticut. The webinar will explore the long history and important role that Connecticut played in the institution of slavery, and how the strong resistance by enslaved people in the Nutmeg state mirrored the resistance of the Mende Africans who fought for their Freedom aboard the Amistad schooner and in Connecticut and federal courts.

Learn More and Register >>

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Our Voice, Our Power
Black Narratives from Black Descendants

Friday, February 16
From 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

In honor of Black History Month, Discovering Amistad in collaboration with Connecticut’s Old State House and Connecticut Freedom Trail presents an invigorating moderated roundtable discussion.

The event will be moderated by Tammy Denease, Outreach Director for the Connecticut Freedom Trail. Three phenomenal Scholars will share fascinating history and their remarkable work to reclaim and highlight Black Narratives from Black Descendants.  

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