United States v. Amistad
Subtitle: rebellion on a slave ship
By: Suzanne Freedman
Series: Landmark Supreme Court cases
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780766013377
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Amistad (Schooner); Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Trials (Mutiny); Slave insurrections; Amistad (Schiff); Juvenile literature; Jugendbuch; Legal status, laws; Sklavenaufstand
Other titles: United States versus Amistad
Description: Examines events and opinions surround the case of United States v. Amistad, in which a group of Africans were put on trial for staging a revolt aboard the slave ship Amistad.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Odyssey begins; title: The issue of slavery; title: Property, or people with rights?; title: The case for the prosecution; title: The case for the defense; title: The opinion of the Supreme Court; title: Where we stand today; title: Home at last.