Title: Ardency
Description: A poetic epic that tells the story of the slaves, most from Sierra Leone, who staged a mutiny, taking over the "Amistad" 1839, featuring the voices of the jailed rebels' African interpreter, the mutineers themselves in letters to their lawyer John Quincy Adams and others, and rebel leader Cinque.
Subjects: Slave insurrections, Amistad (Schooner), Poetry, Slaves, Antislavery movements, American Narrative poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Slavery, united states, poetry
Places: United States