Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

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.

Amistad (Schooner) --- Enslaved children --- Children --- Orphans --- Slave trade --- Human smuggling --- History

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In 1839, Joseph Cinqu�e led a revolt on the Spanish slave ship, but was tricked and taken to New York. Jones vividly recaptures the compelling drama of the most famous slavery case in US history - one which climaxed in a ruling to free the captives.

Slave rebellions --- Trials (Mutiny) --- Slavery --- Antislavery movements --- Insurrections, etc. --- History --- Amistad (Schooner) --- Amistad (Ship)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"In Heir to the Fathers, author Gary V. Wood examines the ideas that guided John Quincy Adams throughout his political career. For Wood, it is Adams's understanding of the Constitution of the United States that foregrounds a crucial link between the principles laid forth in the Declaration of Independence and the original intent of the Framers of the Constitution. Heir to the Fathers traces this link through an examination of Adams's celebrated essay, Jubilee of the Constitution, and most significantly, through his defense of a group of Africans who mutinied aboard the slave ship the Amistad. The contradictory relationship between what is stated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and the treatment of African slaves has been a persistent problem in any attempt to understand the legacy of freedom in the United States. Adams's argument before the Supreme Court, based on his interpretation of constitutional law, is an example of how this unique political mind comes to terms with this contradiction without abandoning the spirit of America's founding principles. Wood's discussion of Adams's political and intellectual life invites readers to reexamine the principles upon which the United States of America was founded. Heir to the Fathers is a salient addition to the study of constitutional law, history, and American political thought."--Jacket.

Constitutional history --- Slave insurrections --- Presidents --- United States - General --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- Slavery --- Constitutional history, Modern --- Constitutional law --- Constitutions --- History --- Insurrections, etc. --- Adams, John Quincy, --- J. Q. A. --- A., J. Q. --- Political and social views. --- Amistad (Schooner) --- United States --- Politics and government --- Slave rebellions