Amistad Contributor(s): Pesci, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 156924703X ISBN-13: 9781569247037 Publisher: Da Capo Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 1997 Annotation: In 1839, 53 African slaves staged a rebellion on board the slave ship "Amistad", and were held for trail in the United States. The fate of the slaves, hanging in the balance between the pro-slavery government and the abolitionist movement, makes a riveting story of hope against impossible odds and the will to be free. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 96054050 |
Lexile Measure: 990(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.85 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Booklist 04/01/2001 pg. 1456 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Amistad is the powerfully re-imagined history of one of the country's first battles for civil rights. In 1839 fifty-three enslaved Africans, led by a Mende rice farmer named Singbe-Pieh, staged a bloody rebellion on board the Amistad, a Spanish slaver from Cuba. The Amistad was intercepted by U.S. navy officers and towed to port in New London, Connecticut, where the Africans were held for trial in New Haven. Led by President Van Buren, the pro-slavery American government maintained that the Africans were Spanish property and should by returned to Havana to be tried for murder, but members of the fledgling abolitionist movement forced a series of trials to win their freedom, culminating at the Supreme Court, where the Amistads were defended by former President John Quincy Adams. |
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