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Mutiny on the Amistad

The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy

Mutiny on the Amistad( )
Author: Jones, Howard
ISBN:978-0-19-503829-3
Publication Date:Nov 1997
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $43.99
Book Description:

This volume presents the first full-scale treatment of the only instance in history where African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home. Jones describes how, in 1839, Joseph Cinqué led other blacks in a revolt on the Spanish slave ship, Amistad, in the Caribbean. The seizure of the ship by an American naval vessel, the arrest of the Africans in Connecticut, and the Spanish protest against the violation of their property rights created an international...
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Book Details
Pages:296
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Slavery
History / United States / 19Th Century
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.64 x 5.48 x 0.72 Inches
Book Weight:0.906 Pounds



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