Amistad - 9781569247037
Un libro in lingua di David Pesci edito da Da Capo Pr, 1997
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A novel on an African-American hero. In 1839 Joseph Cinque, also known as Singbe, leads a rising of African slaves on a Spanish slave ship. They kill most of the crew and order the navigator to steer for Africa, but he steers in the opposite direction and they are captured by the Americans. Abolitionists take up their cause, the Supreme Court rules they are free men and Cinque returns home covered in glory. A first novel.Tells the story of an African farmer who is sold into slavery and stages a rebellion aboard the slave ship, the Amistad.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Amistad
- Lingua: English
- Autore: David Pesci
- Editore: Da Capo Pr
- Collana: Da Capo Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Dicembre '97
- Genere: FICTION
- Argomenti : Slave insurrections Fiction Trials (Mutiny) Fiction Slave trade Fiction
- Dimensioni mm: 215 x 133 x 19
- ISBN-10: 156924703X
- EAN-13: 9781569247037