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

"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"-- "The lives of s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lawrance, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nicholas) (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014]
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.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.
Children.
Human smuggling.
Orphans.
Slave trade.
Africa.
America.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 358 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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