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260 a| New Haven :b| Yale University Press,c| 2014.;

300 a| xiv, 358 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-347) and index.;

505 0 a| 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 -- Chronology.;

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520 2 a| "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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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

Author/creator	Lawrance, Benjamin Nicholas
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
Description	xiv, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Amistad (Schooner) Enslaved children--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.

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 -- Chronology.
Scope and content	"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.
Scope and content	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-347) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014010385
ISBN	9780300198454 (hardback : alkaline paper)

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