With a bang: A gun salute is fired from a cannon at Fort St. Catherine as the 'Freedom Schooner Amistad' sails past on the North Shore yesterday afternoon. The schooner is a rebuild of the original 'La Amistad' which in 1839 was overthrown by 53 captives that had been kidnapped from Africa despite a 30-year-old treaty that outlawed the importation of Africans for the purpose of slavery. Today the vessel serves as a symbol of hope and monument to the pursuit of universal human freedom.<I>Photo by Mark Tatem</i>