Based on the true story of the 1839 mutiny on board the Spanish slave ship, Amistad, here is the frightening sequence of events that led fifty-three young men and women - and one young nation - to seek freedom and justice for all people. Amistad is the story of Cinque, the illegally enslaved son of a Mende chief who led an uprising full of fury and courage. It is also the story of John Quincy Adams, the former American president, who reluctantly heeded the call to justice and defended Cinque in a Supreme Court trial that would alter the nation's history. And it is the story of men and women searching to find truth and to uphold the basic tenets of the American Constitution. Brilliantly narrated by award-winning novelist Alexs Pate, Amistad celebrates the human spirit's profound determination to fight, hope, and to be free. Visit the Amistad book site! A junior novelization is also available for young adults. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Card catalog description
Cinque leads a group of illegally enslaved Africans in a revolt against their captors aboard the slave ship Amistad.
Amistad: A Junior Novel,Joyce Annette Barnes,Steven Spielberg,David Franzoni,Steven Zaillian,Puffin Books,0140390634,Africans,Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical,Children: Grades 4-6,Ethnic - African American,Fiction,General,Historical - Other,Insurrections, etc.,Juvenile Fiction,Movie Tie - In,People & Places - United States - African-American,Slave trade,Slavery,United States,Human & civil rights,True stories,USA,World history: c 1500 to c 1900,c 1800 to c 1900
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