University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Stamped With Glory: Lewis Tappan and the Africans of the Amistad
Read about Lewis Tappan, "an abolitionist and devout Christian," and his participation with the Amistad trial. Providing detailed information and original documents, this is an excellent resource on Tappan and his efforts to expedite...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Amistad Case:
Pictures and text from the Smithsonian Institute about the 1839 slave rebellion on the slave ship, The Amistad and the ensuing trial of the 36 Africans involved in the rebellion.
US National Archives
National Archives: u.s. V. Amistad: A Case of Jurisdiction
Students will review the Amistad case and use passages from the case explore the concept of jurisdiction and how a case travels through the federal court system. Also, included are links to the background of the Amistad case, a...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Amistad Trials
This site discusses the history and significance of the Amistad trial. Make sure to click on the "cont." link for more information on the history of the case.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Amistad Trials: Biography of Joseph Cinque
A biographical sketch of Joseph Cinque, a leader of the Amistad Revolt. An interesting note is an observation by a phrenologist concerning his determination of Cinque's character by examining his head.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Amistad: Lewis Tappan
A short essay on the life of abolitionist Lewis Tappan and his involvement with the Amistad case.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: John Quincy Adams: Life After the Presidency
Perhaps John Quincy Adams' most important service to his country came after he was president. Read about his terms as Congressman in the House of Representatives.
Library of Congress
Loc: Slavery the Peculiar Institution
Using primary sources, explore the slavery system in the South. Sources include advertisements for slaves, pictures of slave ships, the Supreme Court decision in the Amistad case, spiritual freedoms, journal entries, and pamphlets.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Amistad Revolt
This site from the Cornell University School of Law provides a brief description of what happened during the Amistad Revolt and gives details concerning the Supreme Court that followed.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Slavery and the Making of America: Slave Responses to Enslavement
Using primary documents, oral histories, and other historical resources, learn how African Americans responded to enslavement prior to the Civil War. Includes interactive exercise.
Other
History of the Federal Judiciary
Incredibly in-depth site regarding the history of the federal judiciary. Well organized, easy to navigate, and crisply arranged, this site can be used for many lessons. The accuracy of the information is very reliable since its author...
Other
The Amistad Committee: Yale, Slavery & Abolition
This essay explores Yale University's relationship to slavery. It seeks to answer questions such as why did Yale name most of its colleges after slave owners and pro-slavery leaders? Included is a downloadable PDF, timeline, map of Yale,...
US National Archives
Docsteach: u.s. V. Amistad: A Case of Jurisdiction
Students will analyze specified passages from the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Libellants of Schooner Amistad to explore the concept of jurisdiction and how a case travels through the federal court system.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: The Great Depression
Provides discussion on the Great Depression, the effect this economic crisis had on African American families, and how Roosevelt's New Deal provided relief for black people.
Read Works
Read Works: Sailing for Freedom
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about African slaves who rebelled and overtook their slave ship the Amistad. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Plantation to Ghetto: The End of World War One
A good description of the role of African Americans in World War I and their hopes for less discrimination. Read about the migration to cities in the north, the soldiers who fought in the war, but also the racial violence and riots as a...
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Racial Violence and Terror
Learn how the Ku Klux Klan perpetuated hate and violence against African Americans, communists, Catholics, Jews, and others that threatened their notion of white supremacy between 1880 and 1951.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Jim Crow
This article explores the Jim Crow system of racial exploitation which was a way of regimenting segregation in both political and cultural relations.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Voting Rights
Article discusses African Americans and their push for the right to vote which eventually resulted in blacks being elected as officials in the 1940s.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Pop Culture
General overview of African American pop-culture in the mid 20th-century highlighting music, art, theater, and sports.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Pan Africanism
Learn about Pan-Africanism, a political movement in the early part of the twentieth century that aims to unify people of African descent.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Harlem Renaissance
Read about the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s rebirth of African American arts centered in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City.
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Marcus Garvey
Biographical essay on Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican political leader who advocated "Africa for the Africans", Black Nationalism, and Pan-Africanism movements. He was the founder of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and the...
Other
Amistad Digital Resource: Early Labor Movement
Description of the early labor movement and the growth of the black urban working-class. Also discussed is the unionization of African Americans and left-winged political organizations such as the African Black Brotherhood, Brotherhood...