The U.S. Navy seizes the Amistad off …
Years: 1839 - 1839
September
The U.S. Navy seizes the Amistad off Long Island, New York, when it enters U.S. waters, two months after the mutiny, and tows it into New London, Connecticut.
The mutineers are held in a jail in New Haven, Connecticut, a state in which slavery is legal.
Locations
Groups
- Cuba (Spanish Colony)
- Connecticut, State of (U.S.A.)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Freetown (Sierra Leone), British Crown Colony of
