The Amistad affair united Lewis Tappan and other abolitionists who put the `law of nature' on trial in the United States by their refusal to accept a legal system that claimed to dispense justice while permitting artificial distinctions based on race or colour. The mutiny resulted in a trial before the U.S. Supreme Court that pitted former President John Quincy Adams against the federal government. Jones vividly recaptures this compelling drama--the most famous slavery case before Dred Scott--that climaxed in the court's ruling to free the captives and allow them to return to Africa.
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The Amistad affair united Lewis Tappan and other abolitionists who put the `law of nature' on trial in the United States by their refusal to accept a legal system that claimed to dispense justice while permitting artificial distinctions based on race or colour. The mutiny resulted in a trial before the U.S. Supreme Court that pitted former President John Quincy Adams against the federal government. Jones vividly recaptures this compelling drama--the most famous slavery case before Dred Scott--that climaxed in the court's ruling to free the captives and allow them to return to Africa.
Imprint | Oxford UniversityPress |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | May 1994 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | November 1997 |
Authors | Howard Jones |
Dimensions | 204 x 136 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 292 |
Edition | Film tie-in ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-503829-3 |
Barcode | 9780195038293 |
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LSN | 0-19-503829-0 |