Mutiny on the Amistad The Saga of a Slave Revolt and its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy
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Biografisk notat
Howard Jones is Professor of History at the University of Alabama and author of The Course of American Diplomacy and To the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.An important new account of this extraordinary episode in American history.
New York Times Book Review
An analysis of an important moment in American history that casts a light upon politics and society during the preceding half-century, back to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and similarly illuminates the approaching Civil War.
The National Review
A nearly flawless historical study of an important episode in American diplomatic, legal, political, and ethnic history.
Journal of American Ethnic History
A rousing and satisfying tale, and it is well worth hearing it again in this careful and thoughtful telling.
American Heritage