This volume presents the first full-scale treatment of the only instance in history where African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returne

"Black Mutiny" is the historical retelling of one of our nation's most dramatic national crises. It is one among many historical sources used in the development

Describes the historical context of the 1841 U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. "Amistad" that ruled that illegally enslaved blacks had the right to be fr

"Vividly drawn . . . this stunning book honors the achievement of the captive Africans who fought for—and won—their freedom.”—The Philadelphia Tribune A

Now in paperback, a haunting chorus of voices that tells the story of the captivity, education, language, hopes, dreams, and fight for freedom, of the African A