Amistad Mutiny: Historical and Legal Analysis of a Slave Revolt

Mutiny on the Amistad is a historical text by Howard Jones detailing the 1839 slave revolt on the Spanish ship Amistad and its subsequent legal and diplomatic repercussions. The work covers the capture of the Africans, their trial in U.S. courts culminating at the Supreme Court, and the international controversy involving Spain and American abolitionists. It is sourced from the paperswithcode platform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing legal arguments and precedent based on the detailed account of the Supreme Court case.
• Studying historical narratives of resistance based on the description of the mutiny led by Joseph Cinque.
• Examining diplomatic tensions based on the described international controversy between the U.S. and Spain.
• Researching abolitionist strategies based on the involvement of figures like Lewis Tappan described in the text.

Strengths

• Authored by a named historian, Howard Jones, providing a specific source.
• Focuses on a singular, well-documented historical event with clear legal and diplomatic dimensions.

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Provenance

Source

Howard Jones

Time Range

1839 and surrounding years (historical event)

Geography

Caribbean Sea, United States (Connecticut, New York, Washington D.C.), Sierra Leone