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.
#1592094 in Books Yale University Press 2012-09-25Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.10 x 1.10 x 6.10l; 1.45 #File Name: 0300187491488 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy charlyExcellent book with great resources and research on Jewish-Livornese families0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Superb and Accessible ScholarshipBy Bert P.Ms Trivellato's book is a brilliant narrative and descriptive history of a period which helped to initiate our modern world; a world of global economic interaction.The 18th century background describes 2 Portuguese Jewish families in partnership; the Ergas and Silvera from the Tuscan free port of Livorno.They trade over wide areas of the world.We discover the glamour and the pitfalls of world trade.An essential economic history book for a study of the early modern period.
