Amistad Memorial

165 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510

Austin F. Williams House and Carriage House

127 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032

Battell Chapel

Yale University, Elm and College Streets, New Haven, CT 06511

Canal House and Pitkin Basin

128 Garden Street, Farmington, CT 06032

Center Church on the Green

250 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Chauncey Brown House

820 Farmington Avenue, Route 4, Farmington, CT 06032

Farmington Historical Society

138 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032

First Church of Christ, Congregational

75 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032

Freedom Schooner Amistad

Long Wharf Pier, 389 Long Wharf Drive, New Haven, CT 06511

Grove Street Cemetery

227 Grove Street, New Haven, CT 06511

Long Wharf

389 Long Wharf Drive, New Haven, CT 06511

New Haven Museum

114 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511

Norton House

11 Mountain Spring Road, Farmington, CT 06032

Old State House

800 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103

Reverend Noah Porter House

116 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032

Riverside Cemetery

Garden Street, Farmington, CT 06032

Roger Sherman Baldwin Law Office Site

123 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510

Samuel Deming Store

2 Mill Lane, Farmington, CT 06032

Tapping Reeve Law School

Litchfield Historical Society, 82 South Street, Litchfield, CT 06759

U.S. Custom House

150 Bank Street, New London, CT 06320
U.S. Custom House
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The U.S. Custom House, designed by architect Robert Mills in 1833, was where the cargo of La Amistad was auctioned in October 1840. A separate incident is recognized by a plaque on the building’s facade: in 1858, an escaped slave won his freedom through the legal efforts of Judge Augustus Brandegee and Custom official, John Mather. Two conflicting laws were on the books, the Connecticut Personal Liberty Law which would free the slave and the U.S. Fugitive Slave Act which would return him to slavery. Letting the slave make the decision if he wanted to be captive or free, the man chose freedom. The Custom House is now a museum, as well as a working custom house. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is maintained by the New London Maritime Society.

Web Site: http://www.nlmaritimesociety.org
Phone Number: (860) 447-2501
Hours of Operation: April-December: Tuesday-Sunday; January-March: Thursday-Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Union Hall

13 Church Street, Farmington, CT 06032

United Church on the Green

323 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06511

 
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