Amistad, David Pesci
Type
Label
Amistad, David Pesci
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Amistad
Responsibility statement
David Pesci
Summary
This novel recounts the rebellion in 1839 of 53 African slaves aboard the Amistad, a Spanish slave ship from Cuba. After the ship was intercepted by the U.S. Navy and taken to New London, Connecticut, President Van Buren and the pro-slavery government wanted to return the slaves to Havana, but the fledgling abolitionist movement forced a series of trials, culminating at the Supreme Court, in which the slaves were defended by former President John Quincy Adams
Creator
Subject
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance3
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject9
- Content1