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1) Gladiator
Series
Language
English
Description
The war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and enslaves Maximus to the gladiatorial arenas.
2) Amistad
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
This novel recounts the rebellion in 1839 of 53 African slaves aboard the Amistad, a Spanish slave ship from Cuba. After the ship was intercepted by the U.S. Navy and taken to New London, Connecticut, President Van Buren and the pro-slavery government wanted to return the slaves to Havana, but the fledgling abolitionist movement forced a series of trials, culminating at the Supreme Court, in which the slaves were defended by former President John...
3) Amistad
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.