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Black Odyssey: The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad'

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Black Odyssey: The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad' - Cable, Mary
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In August 1839, what appeared to be a listless "pirate ship, " unidentified by any flag, was spotted off the North Atlantic coast of the United States. On board were thirty barely clad black men armed with cutlasses, and two white men - Spanish slave owners with an incredible story to tell. A month erlier, the Amistad had set sail from Havana with a valuable cargo of slaves and $40,000 worth of gold doubloons. She was headed fot the Cuban coastal town of Puerto Principe - but in a matter of days the captain and the cook ...

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Black Odyssey: The Case of the Slave Ship Amistad' 1977, Penguin Group, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780140046946

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