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Book Black Mutiny

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  • Author : William A. Owens
  • Publisher : Black Classic Press
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9781574780048
  • Pages : 372 pages

Download or read book Black Mutiny written by William A. Owens and published by Black Classic Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Book A History of the Amistad Captives

Download or read book A History of the Amistad Captives written by John Warner Barber and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Amistad Rebellion

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  • Author : Marcus Rediker
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2013-11-26
  • ISBN : 014312398X
  • Pages : 319 pages

Download or read book The Amistad Rebellion written by Marcus Rediker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Book Mutiny on the Amistad

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  • Author : Howard Jones
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1997-11-20
  • ISBN : 0190281324
  • Pages : 409 pages

Download or read book Mutiny on the Amistad written by Howard Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-20 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Amistad

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  • Author : Helen Kromer
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780829812657
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Amistad written by Helen Kromer and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echoing a cry for freedom that can still be heard today, "Amistad" portrays the dignity and agony of the charismatic leader Cinque and 52 other kidnapped Africans, who overthrew their captors and embarked on a long journey toward liberty in a world that aimed to deny them justice. Written for readers of all ages, the book includes period illustrations and maps.

Book A History of the Amistad Captives

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  • Author : John Warner 1798-1885 Barber
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • Release : 2021-09-09
  • ISBN : 9781014326041
  • Pages : 34 pages

Download or read book A History of the Amistad Captives written by John Warner 1798-1885 Barber and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book La caza de p  jaros

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1701
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book La caza de p jaros written by and published by . This book was released on 1701 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gardening Life

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  • Author : Lee May
  • Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9781563524974
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Gardening Life written by Lee May and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays about May's own garden, other gardens he has visited, and people he has met through gardening.

Book The Long Black Schooner

Download or read book The Long Black Schooner written by Emma Gelders Sterne and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional account of the 1839 revolt of Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad and the subsequent Amistad Case argued by John Quincy Adams before the United States Supreme Court.

Book A History of the Amistad Captives  Being a Circumstantial Account of the Capture of the Spanish Schooner Amistad  by the Africans on Board

Download or read book A History of the Amistad Captives Being a Circumstantial Account of the Capture of the Spanish Schooner Amistad by the Africans on Board written by John Warner Barber and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book United States V  Amistad

Download or read book United States V Amistad written by Susan Dudley Gold and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2007 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book A History of the Amistad Captives

Download or read book A History of the Amistad Captives written by John Warner Barber and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ A History Of The Amistad Captives: Being A Circumstantial Account Of The Capture Of The Spanish Schooner Amistad, By The Africans On Board; Their Voyage, And Capture Near Long Island, New York; With Biographical Sketches Of Each Of The Surviving Africans; Also, An Account Of The Trials Had On ... John Warner Barber John Warner Barber E.L. & J.W. Barber, 1840 Social Science; Slavery; Africans; Mutiny; Slave insurrections; Slave ships; Slave trade; Slavery; Social Science / Slavery; Trials (Mutiny)

Book A History of the Amistad Captives

Download or read book A History of the Amistad Captives written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Amistad Rebellion

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  • Author : Marcus Rediker
  • Publisher : Verso Books
  • Release : 2013-10-01
  • ISBN : 1781685525
  • Pages : 385 pages

Download or read book The Amistad Rebellion written by Marcus Rediker and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of a courageous rebellion against slavery On 28 June 1839, the Spanish slave schooner La Amistad set sail from Havana to make a routine delivery of human cargo. After four days at sea, on a moonless night, the captive Africans that comprised that cargo escaped from the hold, killed the captain, and seized control of the ship. They attempted to sail to a safe port, but were captured by the US navy and thrown into a Connecticut jail. Their legal battle for freedom eventually made its way to the Supreme Court, where former president John Quincy Adams took up their cause. In a landmark ruling, they were freed and eventually returned to Africa. The rebellion became one of the best-known events in the history of American slavery, celebrated as a triumph of the US legal system in books and films, most famously Steven Spielberg’s Amistad. These narratives reflect the elite perspective of the judges, politicians, and abolitionists involved. In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the rebellion for its instigators: the African rebels who risked death to stake a claim for freedom. Using newly discovered evidence, Rediker reaches back to Africa to find the rebels’ roots, narrates their cataclysmic transatlantic journey, and unfolds a prison story of great drama and emotive power. Featuring vividly drawn portraits of the Africans, their captors, and their abolitionist allies, The Amistad Rebellion shows how the rebels captured the popular imagination and helped to inspire and build a movement that was part of a grand global struggle for emancipation. The actions of that distant July night and inthe days and months that followed were pivotal events in American and Atlantic history, but not for the reasons we have always thought. The successful Amistad rebellion changed the very nature of the struggle against slavery. As a handful of Africans steered a course to freedom, they opened a way for millions to follow. This stunning book honours their achievement.

Book The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad

Download or read book The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad written by Mary Cable and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1839, what appeared to be a listless pirate ship, unidentified by any flag, was spotted off the North Atlantic coast of the United States. On board were thirty barely clad black men, armed with cutlasses, and two white men - Spanish slave owners with an incredible story to tell. A month earlier, the Amistad had set sail from Havana with a valuable cargo of slaves and $40,000 worth of gold doubloons. She was headed for the Cuban coastal town of Puerto Principe - but in a matter of days, the captain and the cook were dead, and the ship was in the control of the slaves. Thus began "the Amistad affair," which, writes Mary Cable, "was to bedevil the diplomatic relations of the United States, Spain, and England for a generation; intensify bitterness over the question of slavery; and lead an ex-president (John Quincy Adams) to go before the Supreme Court and castigate the administration in an eloquent plea for the slaves' freedom. In her fascinating and carefully researched account, Cable takes us right to the heart of these complex matters, dramatically replaying an incredible series of events that converged to form a uniquely exciting and challenging chapter in American history.

Book A History of the Amistad Captives

Download or read book A History of the Amistad Captives written by John Warner Barber and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Amistad Captives: Being a Circumstantial Account of the Capture of the Spanish Schooner Amistad, by the Africans on Board; Their Voyage, and Capture Near Long Island, New York The smpicr'o'us looking schooner captured and brought in this port. Much excitement has been created in New York for the past week, from the report of several Pilot Boats having seen a clipper-built schooner, Ofi' the Hook, full of negroes, and in such condition as to lead to the Suspicion that she was a pirate. Several Cutters and naval' vessels are said to have been dispatched in pursuit Of her, but she has been most providentially captured in_the Sound, by Capt. Gedney, of the surveying Brig Washington. We will no longer detain the reader, but subjoin the official account of the capture, vet-y politely furnished to us by one Of the Officers; U. S. Brig Wits/iington, 2 new london, Aug. 26th, 1839. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Story of the Amistad

Download or read book The Story of the Amistad written by Emma Gelders Sterne and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gripping tale of the epic 1839 revolt, aboard the schooner Amistad, of Africans bound for slavery in the New World. Young readers will thrill to the book's "you-are-there" flavor.