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Black Odyssey: The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad
Black Odyssey The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad
Author: Mary Cable
In 1839, thirty black slaves being transported from Havana to Puerto Príncipe aboard the Amistad took control of the ship and attempted to return to Africa. Instead, the whites sailed north, until the ship was spotted and taken to Connecticut. When President Van Buren attempted to return the slaves to Cuba, the abolitionists, led by John Q...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140046946
ISBN-10: 0140046941
Publication Date: 12/8/1977
Pages: 183
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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