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'''''Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy''''' is a 1987 historical account written by Howard Jones. |
'''''Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy''''' is a 1987 historical account written by Howard Jones. |
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The book chronicles the events surrounding the slave mutiny that took place on the Spanish schooner, Amistad, in 1839. It discusses the the roles and dynamics of Spain, England, the United States as they related to the 19th century slave trade. It places particular focus on '''''United States v. The Amistad Africans''''' [[Case citation|40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 518]] (1841), the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] case that adjudicated the fate of the people that were taken captive on ''[[La Amistad|Amistad]]. |
The book chronicles the events surrounding the slave mutiny that took place on the Spanish schooner, Amistad, in 1839. It discusses the the roles and dynamics of Spain, England, the United States as they related to the 19th century slave trade. It places particular focus on [[Amistad_(1841)|'''''United States v. The Amistad Africans''''']] [[Case citation|40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 518]] (1841), the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] case that adjudicated the fate of the people that were taken captive on ''[[La Amistad|Amistad]]. |
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== Legacy == |
== Legacy == |
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 The Cover of Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy | |
| Author | Howard Jones |
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| Sprache | Englisch |
| Subject | History/U.S. History/American Black History |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | January 1, 1987 |
| Publication place | U.S. |
| Media type | paperback |
| Pages | 304 pages |
| ISBN | 0195038290 (paperback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy is a 1987 historical account written by Howard Jones. The book chronicles the events surrounding the slave mutiny that took place on the Spanish schooner, Amistad, in 1839. It discusses the the roles and dynamics of Spain, England, the United States as they related to the 19th century slave trade. It places particular focus on United States v. The Amistad Africans 40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 518 (1841), the United States Supreme Court case that adjudicated the fate of the people that were taken captive on Amistad.
Legacy
A simplified version of the events chronicled in the book were made into a movie called Amistad in 1997. It is generally considered, popularly and by critics, as one of the best American movies ever made. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams, Morgan Freeman as one of the abolitionists, Djimon Hounsou as Cinqué, and Matthew McConaughey as Roger Sherman Baldwin, their lawyer. This film also depicts the initial transport of the slaves from Africa to Cuba, showing brutal murders, death by starvation and suffocation, and drowning of slaves.
See also
References
- [http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/discovery/themes/connscholar.92/jones.mutiny.html - Mutiny on the Amistad:
'All We Want is Make Us Free']