Description |
99 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
Note |
Previously published: New York : Dutton Children's Books, 1998. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page[95-96]) and index. |
Contents |
The background -- Mendeland, West Africa -- Lieutenant Thomas R. Gedney -- The battle begins -- In the courts -- What is freedom? |
Summary |
Traces the 1839 revolt of Africans against their Spanish captors aboard the slave ship Amistad, their landing in the United States and arrest for piracy and murder, and trials which ended in their acquittal by the Supreme Court. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.4 3.0 18462. |
Subject |
Slave rebellions -- United States.
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Amistad (Schooner)
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Antislavery movements -- United States.
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ISBN |
0141300043: $9.99 |
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