Amistad
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Amistad ("friendship" in Spanish) may refer to:
Places
Amistad, New Mexico, US
Amistad, Texas, US
Amistad National Recreation Area, including the Amistad Reservoir, Texas
Amistad Reservoir, a reservoir on the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas
La Amistad International Park, a large International Park in Panama and Costa Rica
Arts, media, and entertainment
Amistad (publishing), an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing
"Amistad", a working title for the song "You Found Me" by The Fray
Amistad Memorial (New Haven), the memorial in New Haven, Connecticut recognizing the mutiny aboard La Amistad
Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy (1987), the historical account of the La Amistad mutiny by Howard Jones
Amistad (film), a 1997 Steven Spielberg movie based on the events of the book
Law
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