The 1839 Amistad revolt and the fate of the African slaves on board
are well documented in books and in a blockbuster film. Michael
Zeuske adds a new dimension to this history: the story of the
people behind the Amistad. Based on his discovery-in previously
unknown collections in Cuba and Spain-of the captain's logbook, the
cook's notes, and the merchants' ledgers and correspondence, he
paints an eye-opening portrait of the slave trade between Africa
and the Spanish Caribbean. After the British Empire abolished the
slave trade in 1808 and enforced the ban with warships, slave
traders in Africa, Spanish and Cuban ship captains and financiers,
and international merchants created a hidden network based on
forged documents and well-placed bribes. It lasted until 1886 and
ensnared hundred of thousands of slaves smuggled from Africa to the
Caribbean, mostly to Cuba, and tens of thousands of slaves who were
smuggled from Cuba to the United States. Zeuske reveals these
secrets for the first time and offers a new historical framework
for our understanding of the Amistad story.
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