Episode 37

La Amistad Slave Rebellion and the Rise of Abolitionism 

Barber, John W., ed. A History of the Amistad Captives: Being a Circumstantial Account of the Capture of the Spanish Schooner Amistad, by the Africans on Board; Their Voyage, and Capture Near Long Island, New York; with Biographical Sketches of Each of the Surviving Africans; Also, an Account of the Trials Had on Their Case, Before the District and Circuit Courts of the United States, for the District of Connecticut. New Haven: E.L. & J.W. Barber, 1840. 

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Hulm, David. United States V. the Amistad: The Question of Slavery in a Free Country. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, 2004. 

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McManus, Edgar J. A History of Negro Slavery in New York. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2001. 

Osagie, Iyunolu Folayan. The Amistad Revolt: Memory, Slavery, and the Politics of Identity in the United States and Sierra Leone. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2010. 

Rediker, Marcus. The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom. New York: Penguin Books, 2013. 

Stewart, James Brewer, ed. William Lloyd Garrison at Two Hundred: History, Legacy, and Memory. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. 

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“The Amistad: A Detailed Timeline.” National Park Service. Accessed May 30, 2020 at:https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelamistad/upload/Timeline_Detailed.pdf.

Waldstreicher, David and Matthew Mason. John Quincy Adams and the Politics of Slavery: Selections from the Diary. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. 

Zeuske, Michael. Amistad: A Hidden Network of Slavers and Merchants. Princeton, NJ: Marcus Wiener Publishers, 2015.