The Library houses the archive of Amistad documents. As of July 1998, the Library includes over 500 documents.

Warning: these documents reflect the racial and social attitudes of antebellum American popular culture. Some contain disturbing material. A few are extremely racist, and we are a little uncomfortable putting them on-line. But they are an important aspect of this history, part of the climate that surrounded the Amistad Africans as they made their way through the United States.

Browse the collection of documents using the following categories: (Each document in the collection is searchable.)

Newspapers

Personal Papers

Court Records

Government Papers

Popular Media

Maps

Gallery

For documents and resources not available on the web, visit the Teaching Bibliography section.

View the Staff Picks page for links to the documents, images, and contextual materials that Amistad project staff have found most compelling, unusual, or interesting.