Amistad
by
David Pesci
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0749015977
ISBN-13
9780749015978
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Imprint
Allison & Busby
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 17th, 2014
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
244 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 13.10 x 2.20 cms
Ksh 1,600.00
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The story of one of America's first civil rights battles. In 1839 fifty-three African slaves staged a bloody mutiny on board the Amistad, a Spanish slaver from Cuba. But their success was short-lived as the vessel was intercepted by the American navy, towed to New London Connecticut, where the slaves were held for deportation.
THE GRIPPING NOVEL BASED ON A TRUE STORY OF SLAVERYIn 1839, fifty-three African slaves staged a bloody mutiny on board the Amistad, a Spanish slave ship from Cuba. Their success was short-lived as the slaver was intercepted by the American Navy and towed to Connecticut where the slaves were held for deportation. But instead of sending them back to Cuba, the fledgling Abolitionist movement forced a series of trials, culminating in their defence in the Supreme Court by former President John Quincy Adams. This powerful dramatisation of one of America''s first battles for civil rights brings flesh, bone and emotion to what has been little more than a footnote in history. Torn from their homes, sold into slavery and faced with a terrible future, this moving novel evokes the fight, courage and hope of a people determined to be free.
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