MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02853cam a2200433 i 4500
001 2014010385
003 DLC
005 20151020080926.0
008 140623s2014 ctua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014010385
020 $a9780300198454 (hardback : alkaline paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $af------$an------$as------
050 00 $aE447$b.L39 2014
082 00 $a326.0973/09034$223
084 $aSOC054000$aHIS036040$aHIS037060$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLawrance, Benjamin Nicholas.
245 10 $aAmistad's orphans :$ban Atlantic story of children, slavery, and smuggling /$cBenjamin N. Lawrance.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c2014.
300 $axiv, 358 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"The story of six children who were stolen from their homes in Africa and sold into slavery across the Atlantic in 1839. They were transported by ship from West Africa to Cuba to the United States, and after protracted legal struggles they returned to Africa to restart their lives"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 2 $a"The lives of six African children, ages nine to sixteen, were forever altered by the revolt aboard the Cuban schooner La Amistad in 1839. Like their adult companions, all were captured in Africa and illegally sold as slaves. In this fascinating revisionist history, Benjamin N. Lawrance reconstructs six entwined stories and brings them to the forefront of the Amistad conflict. Through eyewitness testimonies, court records, and the children's own letters, Lawrance recounts how their lives were inextricably interwoven by the historic drama, and casts new light on illegal nineteenth-century transatlantic slave smuggling"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-347) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: The Orphans of La Amistad -- "Most Favourite Cargoes" -- The Origins of Amistad's Orphans -- The Enslavements of Amistad's Orphans -- The Journeys of Amistad's Orphans -- The Liberations of Amistad's Orphans -- The Return of Amistad's Orphans -- Epilogue -- Chronology.
610 20 $aAmistad (Schooner)
650 0 $aChild slaves$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aChildren$zAfrica$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aOrphans$zAfrica$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSlave trade$zAfrica$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSlave trade$zAmerica$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aHuman smuggling$zAfrica$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aHuman smuggling$zAmerica$xHistory$y19th century.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.$2bisacsh