Case of the Amistad Mutiny, The

By Kelso, Richard W.

On the shelf in the Fifth Grade

Call Number:

KEL

C

Summary: IN THE FALL OF 1839, FIFTY-THREE AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE IN TROUBLE. THEY WERE IN JAIL IN A STRANGE COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES. NOBODY SPOKE THE LANGUAGE. THEY WERE ACCUSED OF MURDER AND PRICACY. IF THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY THEY WOULD BE HANGED. IF THEY WERE FOUND INNOCENT, THEY WERE FREE TO RETURN TO AFRICA. HOW DID THE AFRICANS GET INTO THIS SITUATION?