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Rediker, Marcus.

Summary: Rediker turns his attention to the famed slave ship that set sail from Havana in 1839. Painstakingly researched, his account follows the slaves' point of view, from the joyous moments after they seized the ship through the harrowing court case that would become a touchstone in the struggle for civil rights.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 326.0973 RED

Cable, Mary.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1971

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 CAB

Somervill, Barbara A.

Summary: In 1839, African slaves who rebelled against their Spanish owners on the Amistad schooner were charged with murder in the United States. This book details the famous U.S. Supreme Court case that ultimately ruled in favor of the black captives.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 326.0973 SOM

McKissack, Pat

Summary: Tells the story of the slave ship, the Amistad, on which more than fifity kidnapped Africans revolted in order to regain their freedom.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MCK

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MCK

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