Exploring Amistad Web Site Map HOME Welcome Welcome to exploring Amistad. The mission of this web site as an educational resource. The Amistad incident as it unfolded. Themes The incident's significance as part of our history.
People Meet the people at the center of the struggle.
Places Geographic settings at the time of the Amistad incident. The antebellum daily news with contradictory opinions. Personal Papers Diaries of John Quincy Adams and letters from the Africans. Court Records Documentation of the court cases from investigation to final judgement. Government Papers Presidential and diplomatic correspondance.