Dark places of the earth : the voyage of the slave ship Antelope
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Cedar Falls Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
342.73087 BRY
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342.73087 BRY
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LC Subjects
Antelope (Ship : Active 1820) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Prize law -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Cases.
Slave ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Cases.
Trials (Piracy) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Prize law -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Cases.
Slave ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Cases.
Trials (Piracy) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Book
Physical Desc
xxi, 376, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-357) and index.
Description
A professor of history who specializes in slavery and constitutional law investigates one of the most significant--and unjustly forgotten--Supreme Court cases in American history involving the slave ship Antelope and the three hundred African lives at stake.
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In 1820, a suspicious vessel was spotted lingering off the coast of northern Florida: the Spanish slave ship Antelope. Since the United States had outlawed its own participation in the international slave trade more than a decade before, the ship's almost 300 African captives were considered illegal cargo under American laws. But with slavery still a critical part of the American economy, it would eventually fall to the Supreme Court to determine whether or not they were slaves at all, and if so, what should be done with them. Bryant recounts the eight-year legal conflict that followed, during which time the Antelope's human cargo were mercilessly put to work on the plantations of Georgia, even as their freedom remained in limbo.
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B&T Diversity Analysis 2022 : LCSH, BISAC.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bryant, J. M. (2015). Dark places of the earth: the voyage of the slave ship Antelope (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryant, Jonathan M.. 2015. Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope. Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryant, Jonathan M.. Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bryant, Jonathan M.. Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
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