TheDay.com: Amistad America, owner of the famed replica of the 19th-century schooner that brought captive Africans to Connecticut, will continue to receive about $360,000 a year from the state as long as it re-establishes its tax-exempt status, legislators said...

TheDay.com: When the Amistad makes its way up the Thames River to Norwich Harbor in June to celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th anniversary, the replica 19th-century ship will have a different look. While the schooner’s tallest mast stands at...

TheDay.com: The Amistad replica slave ship will make its first trip in 2 years up the Thames River in June as a headline attraction for the 3-day Freedom Weekend to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation....