Amistad: A Novel
Autor David Pescien Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 noi 1997
Amistadis
the
powerfully
re-imagined
history
of
one
of
the
country's
first
battles
for
civil
rights.
In
1839
fifty-three
enslaved
Africans,
led
by
a
Mende
rice
farmer
named
Singbe-Pieh,
staged
a
bloody
rebellion
on
board
theAmistad,
a
Spanish
slaver
from
Cuba.
TheAmistadwas
intercepted
by
U.S.
navy
officers
and
towed
to
port
in
New
London,
Connecticut,
where
the
Africans
were
held
for
trial
in
New
Haven.
Led
by
President
Van
Buren,
the
pro-slavery
American
government
maintained
that
the
Africans
were
Spanish
property
and
should
by
returned
to
Havana
to
be
tried
for
murder,
but
members
of
the
fledgling
abolitionist
movement
forced
a
series
of
trials
to
win
their
freedom,
culminating
at
the
Supreme
Court,
where
the
Amistads
were
defended
by
former
President
John
Quincy
Adams.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781569247037
ISBN-10: 156924703X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 156924703X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
Notă biografică
David
Pesci
has
written
for
The
New
York
Times,
The
National
Review
and
other
regional
newspapers
and
specialty
magazines.
Amistad
is
his
debut
novel.