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Amistad (Schooner) Amistad (Schooner) Juvenile literature Antislavery movements Antislavery movements United States Sierra Leoneans United States History 19th century Slave insurrections Slave insurrections United States Slave trade Slave trade America History Trials (Mutiny) United StatesSomervill, Barbara A.
Summary: In 1839, African slaves who rebelled against their Spanish owners on the Amistad schooner were charged with murder in the United States. This book details the famous U.S. Supreme Court case that ultimately ruled in favor of the black captives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 326.0973 SOMMcKissack, Pat
Summary: Tells the story of the slave ship, the Amistad, on which more than fifity kidnapped Africans revolted in order to regain their freedom.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MCKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MCKRediker, Marcus.
Summary: Rediker turns his attention to the famed slave ship that set sail from Havana in 1839. Painstakingly researched, his account follows the slaves' point of view, from the joyous moments after they seized the ship through the harrowing court case that would become a touchstone in the struggle for civil rights.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 326.0973 REDCable, Mary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1971