{"product_id":"amistad-david-pesci-9781569247037","title":"Amistad","description":"\u003ci\u003eAmistad \u003c\/i\u003eis the powerfully re-imagined history of one of the country's first battles for civil rights. In 1839 fifty-three enslaved Africans, led by a Mende rice farmer named Singbe-Pieh, staged a bloody rebellion on board the \u003ci\u003eAmistad\u003c\/i\u003e, a Spanish slaver from Cuba. The \u003ci\u003eAmistad \u003c\/i\u003ewas intercepted by U.S. navy officers and towed to port in New London, Connecticut, where the Africans were held for trial in New Haven. Led by President Van Buren, the pro-slavery American government maintained that the Africans were Spanish property and should by returned to Havana to be tried for murder, but members of the fledgling abolitionist movement forced a series of trials to win their freedom, culminating at the Supreme Court, where the Amistads were defended by former President John Quincy Adams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Pesci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 156924703X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781569247037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2001 pg. 1456","brand":"David Pesci","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991612588287,"sku":"9781569247037","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4581434-c7f6-4975-bfe0-254ac4afe473.jpg?v=1683311263","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/amistad-david-pesci-9781569247037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}