La Amistad (Spanish: "Friendship"), a 19th-century two-masted schooner of about 120 feet built in the United States, was originally named Friendship but was renamed after being purchased by a Spaniard.
La Amistad becomes a symbol in the movement to abolish slavery after a group of African captives aboard revolts in July 1839.
Its recapture results in a legal battle over their status.
