La rebelion del Amistad : patrimonio histórico de Sierra Leona y Estados Unidos / por Arthur Abraham.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Abraham, Arthur, 1945-

Contributor:

United States. Department of State. Office of International Information Programs

Standardized Title:

Amistad revolt: an historical legacy of Sierra Leone and the United States. Spanish

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Amistad (Schooner).

Slave rebellions--United States.

Slave rebellions.

Antislavery movements--United States.

Antislavery movements.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 pages)

Other Title:

Patrimonio histórico de Sierra Leona y Estados Unidos

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Dept. of State, International Information Programs], 1998.

Language Note:

Text in Spanish.

Summary:

A brief factual history of how 53 slaves captured by the Spanish, principally from the African colony of Sierra Leone revolted aboard the transport ship 'Amistad, ' were interred in the United States, and eventually won their freedom through the U.S. judicial system.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on January 30, 2008).

"First published in 1987 ... republished in 1998."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

192007060