Mutiny on the Amistad : the saga of a slave revolt and its impact on American abolition, law, and diplomacy /

Jones, Howard, 1940-2022

Mutiny on the Amistad : the saga of a slave revolt and its impact on American abolition, law, and diplomacy / Howard Jones. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1988, c1987. - ix, 271 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-259) and index.

Traces the 1839 revolt of Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad, their apprehension, and long trial which ended in their acquittal by the Supreme Court.

0195038290 (pbk.) 9780195038293 (pbk.) 0195038282 9780195038286


Amistad (Schooner)


Slave rebellions--United States.
Antislavery movements--United States.

E 447 / .J66 1988