Mutiny on the Amistad The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy

Name: Mutiny on the Amistad The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy
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ISBN: 9780195038293

ISBN-10: 0195038290

ISBN-13: 9780195038293

Edition: 1997 (Reprint)

Authors: Howard Jones

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Published for the first time in the UK to coincide with Steven Spielberg's forthcoming movie Amistad, Mutiny on the Amistad 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. Howard Jones describes how, in 1839, Joseph Cinqu led a revolt on the Spanish slave ship, the Amistad, in the Caribbean. Allowing only the captain and first mate to live in order to steer the ship back to Sierra Leone, the Africans were tricked and taken to New York. 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…

Book details

List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/20/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.43" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748



Preface


Introduction



The Mutiny



Abolitionists and """"This Matter of Color""""



The Politics of Justice



The Inherent Property of Liberty



A National Matter



Neither Slave . .



. . . nor Free



The Politics of Democracy



Oh How Shall I Do Justice . . .?



The Eternal Principles of Justice



In Perspective


Notes


Index