This text is based on the actual incident surrounding the rebellion aboard the slave ship Amistad and the subsequent trial in the US courts.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Amistad is Great,
By Krystal (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Amistad (Paperback)
This was a great book. i had to read it for a book report. To tell you the truth I hate reading. This is the first time I read the whole book for a book report, it had me hooked. Now I get to see the movie. But, I understood the wording in the book, and It's just a good book the read. And I recommend it for all age groups.
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Amistad, one of the best books I' ve ever read,
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This review is from: Amistad: A Novel Based on the Screenplay (Paperback)
There is not even close to enough words to discibe this novel by Alexs Pate which is based on the motion picture. The movie I thought was great. Take my word for it the book "Amistad", brings you into even more detail than the movie. I have read a lot of books, but this book really grabbed me into really feeling like I was there. It is a sensational and emotional book that will touch your heart and show you exactly what slavery was really like. How humans went through with this unhuman way to treat people. Filled with action and emotion this is one book that has it all.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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The Exception: See the film first, then read the book!,
This review is from: Amistad: A Novel Based on the Screenplay (Paperback)
Most often, it is a waste of your time to read a book after you see a movie. The plot is typically spoiled, while your expectations are shattered. However, this is not the case with Pate's Amistad, based on the screenplay of Spielberg's extravaganza. The highly intriguing film left me searching for more, which Pate dutifully provided. The language barriers that the film utilizes to allow the viewer to vicariously relive the confusion of all circumstances are more thoroughly explored in Pate's novel. The reader is thus allowed to understand and empathize with wide range of emotions experienced by a group of men and women abducted from their homeland and ultimately forced to endure a foreign judicial system that will determine their own fate. If you enjoyed the film, but are looking for more, Pate's Amistad will not dissapoint.
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Whenever trouble threatened, Sengbe, now called Cinque, always relied on two things to give him strength. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
slave decks, cane knives, slave factory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Van Buren, New Haven, Don Blanco, Don Pablo, United States, John Quincy Adams, West Africa, District Attorney Holabird, Lewis Tappan, Supreme Court, Colonel Pendleton, Roger Baldwin, Ensign Covey, Lieutenant Gedney, Queen of Spain, James Covey, Lieutenant Meade, Atlantic Ocean, Captain Ferrer, Amistad Africans, Captain Fitzgerald, Galinas Bay, Judge Coglin, New England, Puerto Principe New!
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Whenever trouble threatened, Sengbe, now called Cinque, always relied on two things to give him strength. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
slave decks, cane knives, slave factory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Van Buren, New Haven, Don Blanco, Don Pablo, United States, John Quincy Adams, West Africa, District Attorney Holabird, Lewis Tappan, Supreme Court, Colonel Pendleton, Roger Baldwin, Ensign Covey, Lieutenant Gedney, Queen of Spain, James Covey, Lieutenant Meade, Atlantic Ocean, Captain Ferrer, Amistad Africans, Captain Fitzgerald, Galinas Bay, Judge Coglin, New England, Puerto Principe New!
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- Losing Absalom by Alexs D. Pate in Back Matter
- Finding Makeba by Alexs D. Pate in Back Matter
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