You are mainly to find your information’s on the web. The following Internet sources are recommended:
Introductory Sites:
* The story of Amistad:
http://www.npg.si.edu/col/amistad/index.htm
* Story of the Amistad. A brief outline of the Amistad Story and links to some historical documents:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/amistad/
Digging Deeper Sites:
* The Amistad Library. A library of historical documents including newspaper articles, court records and personal papers:
http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/library/welcome.html
* The Amistad Resource Center. An excellent source for African American history and the Amistad case: http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/index.htm
* The Federal Court Homepage. An overview of the federal judicial system:
http://www.uscourts.gov/about.html
* U.S. federal court:
http://www.fjc.gov/federal/courts.nsf
* Search for laws:
http://www.findlaw.com/
* The declartion of independence: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
* The constitutions of United States: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
* An example of a trail:
http://www.ocgov.net/oneida/sites/default/files/youthcourt/Forms/Trial%20Script.pdf
* The Amistad Site. An extensive listing of links:
http://www.amistadamerica.org/
* The history of slavery: http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/overview.htm
* Laws and more: http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slave_laws_MS.htm
* Timeline of slavery in America: http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/timeline_slave_3.htm
* Different things from the history of North America: http://www.dmoz.org/Society/History/By_Topic/Social_History/Oppression_and_Intolerance/Slavery/North_America/
* Letters:
http://www.farmingtonlibct.org/amistadletters.htm
* African American:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American
* African American history: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/aahm/index.html#
* American Anti-Slavery Society, "Constitution":
http://afgen.com/slavery2.html
*Online dictionary:
http://www.wikiled.com/
