| Description |
xiv, 322 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Relates the story of the 1839 revolt of Mendi slaves aboard the schooner "Amistad," telling how President John Quincy Adams sided with the slaves to win their freedom and passage home. |
| Contents |
The Mysterious Schooner -- African slave factory -- The middle passage -- Cuban slave mart -- "Kill the White men" -- East by day -- The sun against us -- Land of the free -- Trial by error -- The village green -- Friends storm sent -- Men or property -- Palaver at Hartford -- New England duress -- Voice of the tombs -- Don Escrupulo -- "Give us free" -- Westville waiting -- Old man eloquent -- Resolution in Washington -- "From Greenland's icy mountains" -- Merica men -- Africa's golden sand. |
| Subject |
Amistad (Schooner)
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Slave rebellions -- United States.
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Antislavery movements -- United States.
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| ISBN |
1574780042 |
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