by William A. Owens · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440679239
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«Motín negro» is the historical account by William A. Owens, published by Ediciones B in paperback (378 pages, in Spanish).
Owens reconstructs the rebellion of 53 illegally enslaved Africans who rose against their captors on the schooner Amistad. Using government documents, correspondence, diaries, and newspapers of the era, Owens narrates the trial for mutiny and murder that reached the US Supreme Court. The story inspired the film Amistad.
Translation by Eduardo Iriarte of the original Black mutiny. The cover of this edition adds the subtitle La revuelta de la goleta Amistad.
For readers of US history and for those who want to learn about the real event that inspired the film Amistad.
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William Arthur Owens is a retired admiral of the United States Navy and who served as the third vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1994 to 1996. Since leaving the military in 1996, he served as an executive or as a member of the board of directors of various companies, including Nortel Networks Corporation.
