Amistad

By D'Arcy Adrian-Vallance

Subjects: Slavery, fiction, Amistad (Schooner), Blacks, fiction, English language, Trials (Mutiny), Fiction, Children's fiction, Slave insurrections, Africa, fiction, Textbooks for foreign speakers, Slave trade, Blacks, Adaptations

Description: "It is 1839. The slave ship, Amistad, is carrying African slaves to America. There is a bloody fight on ship, and the Africans are free. But soon they are in prison in the US. Must they return to their 'owners', or are they free people?"--Cover.