Amistad's Orphans

An Atlantic Story of Children, Slavery, and Smuggling

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Americas, United States
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Author: Benjamin Nicholas Lawrance ISBN: 9780300210439
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: January 1, 2015
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Benjamin Nicholas Lawrance
ISBN: 9780300210439
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: January 1, 2015
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
The lives of six African children, ages nine to sixteen, were forever altered by the revolt aboard the Cuban schooner La Amistad in 1839. Like their adult companions, all were captured in Africa and illegally sold as slaves. In this fascinating revisionist history, Benjamin N. Lawrance reconstructs six entwined stories and brings them to the forefront of the Amistad conflict. Through eyewitness testimonies, court records, and the children’s own letters, Lawrance recounts how their lives were inextricably interwoven by the historic drama, and casts new light on illegal nineteenth-century transatlantic slave smuggling.
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The lives of six African children, ages nine to sixteen, were forever altered by the revolt aboard the Cuban schooner La Amistad in 1839. Like their adult companions, all were captured in Africa and illegally sold as slaves. In this fascinating revisionist history, Benjamin N. Lawrance reconstructs six entwined stories and brings them to the forefront of the Amistad conflict. Through eyewitness testimonies, court records, and the children’s own letters, Lawrance recounts how their lives were inextricably interwoven by the historic drama, and casts new light on illegal nineteenth-century transatlantic slave smuggling.

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