• ISBN: 0486423751
• Dover Publications

In  1839, the Amistad, a Baltimore-built schooner engaged in a coastal trade, was the scene of a mutiny in which its human cargo of slaves revolted against the crew and killed the captain. Hoping to sail back to their native land, the Africans ultimately landed instead off the New England Coast and were imprisoned in a New Haven jail.

The story of these people is dramatically illustrated here in 28 meticulously researched pictures, among them scenes recording their kidnapping in Africa, the bloody revolt aboard the Amistad, and their successful defense before the Supreme Court by former US President John Quincy Adams. Captions accompany each illustration.

The subject of a critically acclaimed motion picture, the story of the Amistad is a recent addition to Dover's extensive list of coloring books with historical themes.