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The Amistad

Further Readings



  • Adams, John Quincy. Argument in the Case of U.S. v. Cinque. New York: Arno Press, 1969.
  • Cable, Mary. Black Odyssey: the Case of the Slave Ship Amistad. New York: Penguin Books, 1977 .
  • "Cinque." Jet, March 1984, p. 21.
  • Jones, Howard. Mutiny on the Amistad: the Saga of a Slave Revolt and its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.
  • Owens, William A. Slave Mutiny: the Revolt on the Schooner Amistad. New York: J. Day Co., 1953.

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1833 to 1882The Amistad - Significance, Cinque On Trial, Further Readings