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The Amistad Rebellion - An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Hardcover)
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The Amistad Rebellion - An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Hardcover)
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On 28 June 1839, the Spanish slave schooner La Amistad set sail
from Havana to make a routine delivery of human cargo. After four
days at sea, on a moonless night, the captive Africans that
comprised that cargo escaped from the hold, killed the captain, and
seized control of the ship. They attempted to sail to a safe port,
but were captured by the US navy and thrown into a Connecticut
jail. Their legal battle for freedom eventually made its way to the
Supreme Court, where former president John Quincy Adams took up
their cause. In a landmark ruling, they were freed and eventually
returned to Africa. The rebellion became one of the best-known
events in the history of American slavery, celebrated as a triumph
of the US legal system in books and films, most famously Steven
Spielberg's Amistad. These narratives reflect the elite perspective
of the judges, politicians, and abolitionists involved. In this
powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the
rebellion for its instigators: the African rebels who risked death
to stake a claim for freedom. Using newly discovered evidence,
Rediker reaches back to Africa to find the rebels' roots, narrates
their cataclysmic transatlantic journey, and unfolds a prison story
of great drama and emotive power. Featuring vividly drawn portraits
of the Africans, their captors, and their abolitionist allies, The
Amistad Rebellion shows how the rebels captured the popular
imagination and helped to inspire and build a movement that was
part of a grand global struggle for emancipation. The actions of
that distant July night and inthe days and months that followed
were pivotal events in American and Atlantic history, but not for
the reasons we have always thought. The successful Amistad
rebellion changed the very nature of the struggle against slavery.
As a handful of Africans steered a course to freedom, they opened a
way for millions to follow. This stunning book honours their
achievement.
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