Slavery

La Amistad

– – – Websites – – –

Barber, John Warner, and Arthur Abraham. 1993. The Amistad revolt: struggle for freedom.  New Haven, Conn: Amistad Committee.

Famous American Trial Amistad Trials 1839 – 1840
Has links to the following:  Map of Voyages, Newspaper Accounts, Chronology, Biographies of Trail Participants,
Sketchers of the Amistads, Trail Records, Supreme Court Arguments & Decision, Letters & Diary Entries, Essay: Salvaging
Amistad, Stage & Screen production, and Bibliography & Links

The First Amistad Case: A Struggle for Freedom. United States v. The Amistad, 1841
The original 1841 U.S. Supreme Court case arose from the events subsequent to revolt of  Africans on the Spanish ship Amistad in 1839.

National Park Service – Amistad

– – – Videos – – – 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcHLhZ1Dw8g

History of the Slave Ship Amistad – [Min: 51:29]

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