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Summary:

"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"--Dust jacket.

Table of Contents:

• Sea
• Savannah
• Washington, D.C.
• Legacies.

Author/Creator:

Bryant, Jonathan M. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Dark places of the earth: the voyage of the slave ship Antelope [by Bryant, J.M.]

Subjects:

Antelope (Ship : active 1820) — Trials, litigation, etc.

Slavery — Law and legislation — United States — History — 19th century — Cases

Slave ships — United States — History — 19th century

Prize law — United States — History — 19th century — Cases

Trials (Piracy) — United States — History — 19th century

Antelope (Ship : active 1820)

1800-1899

Slavery

Slave ships

Prize law

Trials (Piracy)

Slavery — Law and legislation

United States

Genres:

Trials, litigation, etc.

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-353) and index.

Physical Description:

xxi, 376, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Physical Characteristics:

map; plate; illustration

Call Numbers:

KF228.A673 B79 2015

ISBNs:

9780871406750
0871406756

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2015009205

OCLC Numbers:

891611001