Relates the story of the 1839 revolt of Mendi slaves aboard the schooner Amistad to restore their freedom, telling how President John Qunicy Adams sided with the slaves to win their freedom and passage home.
Black Mutiny is the historical retelling of one of our nation's most dramatic national crises. It is one among many historical sources used in the development of the new motion picture AMISTAD. Written as a novel in 1953 by Wiliam A. Owens, this is one historian's view of the...