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Author:

Lawrance, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nicholas), author.

Title:

Amistad's orphans : an Atlantic story of children, slavery, and smuggling / Benjamin N. Lawrance.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiv, 358 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Amistad (Schooner)
Child slaves--History--19th century.
Children--Africa--History--19th century.
Orphans--Africa--History--19th century.
Slave trade--Africa--History--19th century.
Slave trade--America--History--19th century.
Human smuggling--Africa--History--19th century.
Human smuggling--America--History--19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.
Amistad (Schooner)
Child slaves.
Children.
Human smuggling.
Orphans.
Slave trade.
Africa.
America.
1800 - 1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The Orphans of La Amistad -- "Most Favourite Cargoes" -- The Origins of Amistad's Orphans -- The Enslavements of Amistad's Orphans -- The Journeys of Amistad's Orphans -- The Liberations of Amistad's Orphans -- The Return of Amistad's Orphans -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Chronology.

Summary:

"The story of six children who were stolen from their homes in Africa and sold into slavery across the Atlantic in 1839. They were transported by ship from West Africa to Cuba to the United States, and after protracted legal struggles they returned to Africa to restart their lives"-- Provided by publisher.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0300198450
9780300198454

OCLC:

(OCoLC)877369862

LCCN:

2014010385

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)