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Amistad : a hidden network of slavers and merchants / Michael Zeuske ; translated from the German by Steven Rendall.

Author/creator Zeuske, Michael author.
Other author/creatorRendall, Steven translator.
Format Book and Print
EditionExpanded American edition.
Publication Info Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers, [2015]
Descriptionxiv, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Amistad (Schooner)
Slave rebellions--United States
Antislavery movements--United States.
Slave trade--United States --History --Sources.
Trials (Mutiny)--United States.
Uniform titleGeschichte der Amistad. English
Contents The Amistad case -- The Atlantic and world history -- The prisoners of the Amistad -- Human capitalism and sugar: the economics of the hidden Atlantic -- Slavery in Cuba -- Mongos and negreros, captains and crews -- Africa -- Senegambia, Rios de Guiné, and the Windward Coast -- The Gold Coast and the Slave Coast as far as the bight of Biafra -- Equatorial and West Central Africa -- East Africa -- Atlantic-Caribbean networks, financiers, and slave trade entrepreneurs -- The end of human smuggling on the Atlantic.
General noteOriginally published as: Geschichte der Amistad. Stuttgart : Reclam, 2012.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-262) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the German.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formSources.
LCCN 2014012248
ISBN9781558765924 hardcover acid-free paper
ISBN1558765921 hardcover acid-free paper
ISBN9781558765931 pbk. acid-free paper
ISBN155876593X pbk. acid-free paper

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