Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy

Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy
Author(s)	Howard Jones
Country	U.S.
Language	English
Subject(s)	History/U.S. History/African American history
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	January 1, 1987
Media type	paperback
Pages	304 pages
ISBN	0195038290
OCLC Number	20257813

Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy is a 1987 historical account written by history professor Howard Jones.

The book chronicles the events surrounding the slave mutiny that took place on the Spanish schooner Amistad in 1839. It discusses the roles and dynamics of Spain, England, the United States as they related to the 19th century slave trade. It places particular focus on United States v. The Amistad Africans 40 U.S. (15 Pet.) 518 (1841), the United States Supreme Court case that adjudicated the fate of the people that were taken captive on Amistad.

Legacy

The book served as the basis for the 1997 film Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams, Morgan Freeman as an abolitionist, Djimon Hounsou as Cinqué, and Matthew McConaughey as Roger Sherman Baldwin, their lawyer.

See also

• Abolitionism
• Amistad (film)

References

• Mutiny on the Amistad: 'All We Want is Make Us Free'
• Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy (Paperback)