Mutiny on the Amistad by Howard Jones

Mutiny on the Amistad by Howard Jones

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An account of the only instance in history where African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home. The mutiny resulted in a trial before the U.S. Supreme Court that pitted former President John Quincy Adams against the federal government.

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Mutiny on the Amistad by Howard Jones

This book is the first full-scale treatment of the only instance in history in which African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home - the mutiny led by Joseph Cinque, a black African, in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave-ship AMISTAD in the Caribbean.
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ISBN 13 9780195038286
ISBN 10 0195038282
Title Mutiny on the Amistad
Author Howard Jones
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1987-01-08
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.