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.
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. "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.
United States V. Amistad
United States V. 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 United States V. Amistad write by Susan Dudley Gold. This book was released on 2007. United States V. Amistad available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Describes the historical context of the 1841 U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. "Amistad" that ruled that illegally enslaved blacks had the right to be free.
The Amistad Rebellion
The Amistad Rebellion - 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 Amistad Rebellion write by Marcus Rediker. This book was released on 2013-11-26. The Amistad Rebellion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Vividly drawn . . . this stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia Tribune A unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, now updated with a new epilogue—from the award-winning author of The Slave Ship In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the Amistad rebellion for its true proponents: the enslaved Africans who risked death to stake a claim for freedom. Using newly discovered evidence and featuring vividly drawn portraits of the rebels, their captors, and their abolitionist allies, Rediker reframes the story to show how a small group of courageous men fought and won an epic battle against Spanish and American slaveholders and their governments. The successful Amistad rebellion changed the very nature of the struggle against slavery. As a handful of self-emancipated Africans steered their own course for freedom, they opened a way for millions to follow. This edition includes a new epilogue about the author's trip to Sierra Leona to search for Lomboko, the slave-trading factory where the Amistad Africans were incarcerated, and other relics and connections to the Amistad rebellion, especially living local memory of the uprising and the people who made it.
The Amistad Mutiny
The Amistad 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 The Amistad Mutiny write by Melissa Eisen Azarian. This book was released on 2010-01-01. The Amistad Mutiny available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Explores the mutiny aboard the Amistad, including the slave revolt onboard, the trial of the slaves in U.S. courts, the appeal to the Supreme Court, and the inspiration for the movie, Amistad"--Provided by publisher.
