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Author
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 1839, African slaves who rebelled against their Spanish owners on the Amistad schooner were charged with murder in the United States. This book details the famous U.S. Supreme Court case that ultimately ruled in favor of the black captives.
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The slave revolt on the ship Amistad in 1839 was a crucial event in the early abolitionist movement in the United States. When the vessel arrived in America, a fierce debate began about whether the Africans were free or enslaved and whether they should be allowed to return to Africa. The argument became a legal battle that eventually ended up in the US Supreme Court, with former president John Quincy Adams representing the Africans. This remarkable...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Presents a tale of a child, Sarah Margru Kinson, who arrives in America on the slave ship Amistad describing her capture, her witness to a mutiny, and the Supreme Court trial that prompts her return to Africa.
Inspired by a true account, here is the compelling story of a child who arrives in America on the slave ship -Amistad- and eventually makes her way home to Africa. Narrated in a remarkable first-person voice, this fictionalized book of memories...
Author
Language
English
Description
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. In 1839, the slave ship "Amistad" set sail on a short voyage from one end of Cuba to the other. During the journey, the illegally enslaved Africans revolted and seized control of the ship. Hoping to sail back to Africa, the...
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