In Spanish, Amistad means friendship. It was also the name of a slave ship. In 1838, the Amistad took hundreds of kidnapped Africans on a long journey across the Atlantic, but the brave captives would not give up their freedom, taking over the ship so they could sail back to their homeland. Patricia C. McKissack, Caldecott and Newbery Honor Winner as well as a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, recounts an amazing chapter in American history for beginning readers.
- ISBN10 044843900X
- ISBN13 9780448439006
- Publish Date 29 December 2005 (first published 1 December 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint G P Putnam's Sons
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 48
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780448439006