![Austin F. Williams Carriagehouse and House](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/85853902-1DD8-B71B-0BE2B87D2A8F6005.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Learn about the role that the carriagehouse served for the Mende Africans
![First Church of Christ, Farmington CT](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/BBF32E74-1DD8-B71B-0B2E29CA7E22E1D2.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Learn about the church that the Mende Africans attended while in Connecticut
![horace cowles house](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/33ED43DF-1DD8-B71B-0B8B432E64165E5C.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Learn about the Horace Cowles House, where one Mende girl was housed before returning to Africa
![john treadwell norton house](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/C52E9E10-1DD8-B71B-0B9B7901EB4AED0C.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Learn about John Treadwell Norton, who played a large in bringing the Mende to Farmington
![postcard areal view of new haven green](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/BEEB1C0A-1DD8-B71B-0B42B00D4117A617.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
The Mende Africans exercised on the New Haven Green and it was a place for their supports to congregate. Learn more about it's significance
![1803 drawing of Yale in new haven](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/C54016D3-1DD8-B71B-0BBC80BA4EEA99DF.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
The New Haven Museum has several artifacts associated with the Amistad and the Mende trial
![exterior of new london customhouse](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/55069E69-1DD8-B71B-0BE19FF73D123966.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Learn about the place where items from the Amistad were auctioned
![Noah Porter House](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/BC87B3E9-1DD8-B71B-0B9B296EE993016E.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Learn more about the family that housed three Mende girls after the trials.
![view of the top of the old statehouse](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/BF40D06E-1DD8-B71B-0BDA5077CC2F543C.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
The Amistad trial was held at the Old Statehouse for two months. Learn more about the site
![Samuel Deming House](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/BCED50C9-1DD8-B71B-0B3369C3ABE25589.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
The Demings housed several Mende Africans after their release, and their house served as the Mende classroom
![Stanley-Whitman House](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/8D88C43F-1DD8-B71B-0B8DFF6F14205B35.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Learn about the house where the Mende Africans were required to perform household chores while in Connecticut
![connecticut state library and supreme court building facade](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/341EE08C-1DD8-B71B-0B62D09F0D49C85A.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
The Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building houses several artifacts associated with the Amistad
![image of a national register plaque](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/55F51A5B-1DD8-B71B-0BBFFD4025368280.jpg?width=640&quality=90&mode=crop)
Learn more about the Timothy Cowles House, where one of the Mende girls stayed before returning to Africa
![architectural drawing of the United Church on the Green](/common/uploads/grid_builder/travelamistad/crop16_9/C0CE8988-1DD8-B71B-0BD677C2BE18C1E6.png)
Learn more about the church and it's members who organized the defense for the Africans
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Travel the Amistad StoryLast updated: July 24, 2017