Antonio's La Amistad - Softcover

Susan Bassler Pickford is a teacher and writer.

Antonio's La Amistad is far more than an animated history. Instead, an episode from the chapter on slavery is shown to flow from human motivations that readers have felt themselves - the desire for freedom, the need for community, the drive to dominate, the craving for wealth and property, the commitment to truth and fairness. Sue Pickford's characters act as individuals with personal histories, influenced by the political circumstances of their time. Young people will find the story fascinating and real. -- Carolyn Temple Adger, Ph.D.

Antonio's La Amistad tells many stories in one: the illegal slave trade; the constant debate - were blacks property or people?; political expediency; the intricacies of the legal system; the personal struggles of black people as persistent freedom fighters or opportunistic survivors; the efforts of the abolitionists; the importance of the Underground Railroad... -- Honorable June C. Miles