Black Mutiny - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Black Mutiny write by William A. Owens. This book was released on 1997. Black Mutiny available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Black Mutiny" is the historical retelling of one of our nation's most dramatic national crises. It is one among many historical sources used in the development of the new motion picture "Amistad." Written as a novel in 1953 by William A. Owens, this is one historian's view of the Amistad mutiny. Based on U.S. government documents, court records, official and personal correspondence, diaries, and newspaper accounts, it tells the true story of 53 illegally enslaved Africans who revolted against their captors. After the Amistad was intercepted and seized by the United States Navy, the imprisoned Africans were forced to stand trial for mutiny and murder in a case that reached the Supreme Court. With its impassioned plea for freedom for all people, "Black Mutiny" brilliantly recreates a critical moment in America's racial history more than twenty years before the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a rousing and unforgettable story of oppression, justice, and the precious cost of human dignity.
Mutiny of Rage
Mutiny of Rage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mutiny of Rage write by Jaime Salazar. This book was released on 2021-08-01. Mutiny of Rage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Salado Creek, Texas, 1918: Thirteen black soldiers stood at attention in front of gallows erected specifically for their hanging. They had been convicted of participating in one of America’s most infamous black uprisings, the Camp Logan Mutiny, otherwise known as the 1917 Houston Riots. The revolt and ensuing riots were carried out by men of the 3rd Battalion of the all-black 24th U.S. Infantry Regiment—the famed Buffalo Soldiers—after members of the Houston Police Department violently menaced them and citizens of the local black community. It all took place over one single bloody night. In the wake of the uprising, scores lay dead, including bystanders, police, and soldiers. This incident remains one of Texas’ most complicated and misrepresented historical events. It shook race relations in Houston and created conditions that sparked a nationwide surge of racial activism. In the aftermath of the carnage, what was considered the “trial of the century” ensued. Even for its time, its profundity and racial significance rivals that of the O.J. Simpson trial eight decades later. The courts-martial resulted in the hanging of over a dozen black soldiers, eliciting memories of slave rebellions. But was justice served? New evidence from declassified historical archives indicates that the courts-martial were rushed in an attempt to placate an angered white population as well as military brass. Mutiny of Rage sheds new light on a suppressed chapter in U.S. history. It also sets the legal record straight on what really happened, all while situating events in the larger context of race relations in America, from Nat Turner to George Floyd.
Mutiny on the Amistad
Mutiny on the Amistad - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mutiny on the Amistad write by Howard Jones. This book was released on 1997-11-20. Mutiny on the Amistad available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 a revolt on the Spanish slave ship, the Amistad, in the Caribbean. The seizure of the ship by an American naval vessel near Montauk, Long Island, the arrest of the Africans in Connecticut, and the Spanish protest against the violation of their property rights created an international controversy. The Amistad affair united Lewis Tappan and other abolitionists who put the "law of nature" on trial in the United States by their refusal to accept a legal system that claimed to dispense justice while permitting artificial distinctions based on race or color. The mutiny resulted in a trial before the U.S. Supreme Court that pitted former President John Quincy Adams against the federal government. Jones vividly recaptures this compelling drama--the most famous slavery case before Dred Scott--that climaxed in the court's ruling to free the captives and allow them to return to Africa.
The Port Chicago 50
The Port Chicago 50 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Port Chicago 50 write by Steve Sheinkin. This book was released on 2014-01-21. The Port Chicago 50 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Describes the fifty black sailors who refused to work in unsafe and unfair conditions after an explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 servicemen, and how the incident influenced civil rights.
Black Mutiny
Black Mutiny - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Black Mutiny write by William A. Owens. This book was released on 1997. Black Mutiny available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
