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The Amistad Slave Revolt and American Abolition
The Amistad Slave Revolt and American Abolition
Author: Karen Zeinert
In 1839, fifty-three West Africans brought to Cuba and sold as slaves, seized the ship La Amistad; killed two men; and sailed toward the rising sun. This way, their leader Cinque reasoned, they would reach home. But at night their Spanish captives steered west, and so the Amistad zig-zagged north to Long Island, New York. Here it was captured by...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780208024398
ISBN-10: 0208024395
Publication Date: 2/1997
Pages: 101
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Linnet Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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