Amistad

"Amistad" is a Spanish noun meaning "friendship". It may refer to:

Ships
  • Amistad/Amitie, an 18th century schooner that transported Acadians from France to Louisiana.
  • La Amistad, a 19th-century Spanish schooner on which kidnapped Africans rebelled and took control.
    • Freedom Schooner Amistad, a 1998 recreation of the original La Amistad schooner
Law
  • United States v. The Amistad, United States Supreme Court case deciding the fate of the captives who mutinied on the ship Amistad.
Places
  • Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, devoted to research about slavery, civil rights and African Americans.
  • Amistad, New Mexico, a community in New Mexico
  • Amistad National Recreation Area, including the Amistad Reservoir, Texas.
  • Amistad Reservoir, a reservoir on the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas.
    • Amistad Gambusia, an extinct fish that lived in springs now flooded by Amistad Reservoir.
  • La Amistad International Park, a large International Park in Panama and Costa Rica.
Works
  • Amistad (publishing), an imprint of Harper Collins Publishing
  • A working title for the song "You Found Me" by The Fray
  • Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy, the 1987 historical account by Howard Jones, on which Amistad (film) was based.
  • Amistad (film), a 1997 Steven Spielberg movie about the 19th century ship, events and Supreme Court case.