Objectives: Students will understand how the differences in time and attitude have changed how the Amistad case has been commemorated.
Students should read excerpts from Fred Wilson’s Mining the Museum.
The teacher will lead discussion of the following: How were the Africans portrayed at the time of the trials? (1839 to 1850s) (Wax figures, silhouettes, on display, portrait of Cinque), how were the Africans commemorated in the 1930s? (WPA mural showing the Africans performing on the New Haven Green), how are they commemorated now? (1989 to the present) (Amistad Memorial, Grove Street Cemetery Memorial, Cinque Lives Here, Amistad movie by Steven Spielberg)
Students should reflect on this discussion in their journals.