Amistad Memorial: 165 Church St

The Amistad Memorial in New HavenConnecticut, is a bronze sculpture created by Ed Hamilton to recognize the events of the 1839 Amistad Affair. The affair was a kidnapping of 53 Africans and their subsequent mutiny aboard La Amistad. It led to a historically significant United States Supreme Court case, in which the Amistad captives were ruled to be acting in self-defense, thereby granting them the right to mutiny.

The memorial sits in front of the New Haven City Hall on Church Street, the location where the Amistad slaves were jailed during their trial. It was dedicated on September 18, 1992.

Art WithOut Limits, Artwork Tour
  1. Sunrise Serenade (1989), Starr Kempf
  2. Space Needle (1978), Starr Kempf
  3. Metronome (1981), Star Kempf
  4. Opus Series (2003) and Oasis 64 (1995), Bill Burgess
  5. Untitled, Lace Series (2012), Betty Ross
  6. Lapping at the Peak (2017), Ball Nogues Studio
  7. phase shift, (wattling) (2023), Martha Russo
  8. Fool’s Gold (2021), Connor Dowdle