{"product_id":"the-black-schooner-paperback-by-marcus-rediker-illustrated-by-david-lester","title":"The Black Schooner Paperback by Marcus Rediker, illustrated by David Lester","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBeacon Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-06-09)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e136\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780807016909\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e226.8\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.81 x 15.32 x 0.86\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning graphic history of how enslaved Africans on board the \u003ci\u003eAmistad \u003c\/i\u003erebelled and captured the slave ship in 1839, challenging a whitewashed version of history and putting the Africans back at the center of their own freedom story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the trio of Rediker, Lester, and Buhle comes another graphic \"history from below\" about the \u003ci\u003eAmistad \u003c\/i\u003erebellion of 1839 when 53 enslaved Africans on the slave ship \u003ci\u003eAmistad \u003c\/i\u003eslipped out of their restraints and overpowered their enslavers and ship’s crew. Sold into slavery in their homeland of Sierra Leone and later bound for Puerto Príncipe, Cuba, from Havana, these Africans, led by the charismatic warrior Cinqué, forced the ship’s remaining crew to sail homeward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDivided into 3 parts, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Schooner \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with the intense night of the uprising and takes readers on a reconstructed journey: from sailing on the open ocean to a New Haven, Connecticut, jail, where the captured Africans awaited trial for mutiny and murder; to the Supreme courtroom that found that the rebels had been illegally enslaved and would now be free to return to their native land. Through it all, artist David Lester chronicles their story using striking imagery, showing how they achieved an unexpected and powerful international victory for the abolitionist movement and forced some of the most powerful people in the world to confront the issue of human bondage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on Rediker’s book \u003ci\u003eThe Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom, The Black Schooner \u003c\/i\u003echallenges a whitewashed history and instead, puts the Africans back at the center of their own freedom story—where they belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Buhle, David Lester\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eMarcus Rediker\u003c\/b\u003e have collaborated on three previous graphic novels, all published by Beacon Press: \u003ci\u003eProphet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay\u003c\/i\u003e (2021); \u003ci\u003eUnder the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e (2023); and \u003ci\u003eRevolution by Fire: New York’s Afro-Irish Uprising of 1741 \u003c\/i\u003e(2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Buhle\u003c\/b\u003e, retired Senior Lecturer at Brown University, is the authorized biographer of Pan African giant C .L.R. James and radical historian William Appleman Williams. Since 2005 he has edited more than a dozen nonfiction graphic novels, including Studs Terkel’s Working (an adaptation of the totemic oral history), A Peoples History of the American Empire (an adaptation of Zinn), The Beats, and Red Rosa (Luxemburg). He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lester\u003c\/b\u003e illustrated the award-winning \u003ci\u003e1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike\u003c\/i\u003e (published in English, German and French editions). His poster of anti-war protester Malachi Ritscher was exhibited at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Forthcoming in 2025, Lester has a chapter in the anthology \u003ci\u003ePartisans: A Graphic History of Anti-fascist Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e (Between The Lines), edited by Paul Buhle and Raymond Tyler. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcus Rediker\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of numerous prize-winning books that have been translated into nineteen languages worldwide. He worked with director Tony Buba to make the documentary film \u003ci\u003eGhosts of Amistad\u003c\/i\u003e, about the memory of the Amistad Rebellion of 1839 in Sierra Leone. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46524298592417,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780807016909","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780807016909.jpg?v=1780992957","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-black-schooner-paperback-by-marcus-rediker-illustrated-by-david-lester","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}