Acclaimed poet Kevin Young gathers here a chorus of voices that tells the story of the Africans who mutinied onboard the slave ship Amistad. Written over twenty years, this poetic epica??part libretto, part captivity epistlea??makes the past present, and even its sorrows sing.In a??Buzzard,a?? the opening section, we hear from the African interpreter for the rebels, mostly from Sierra Leone, who were captured on their winding attempt to sail home and were jailed in New Haven. In a??Correspondance,a?? we encounter the remarkable letters to John Quincy Adams and others that the captives write from jail, where abolitionists taught them English while converting them to Christianity. In lines profound and pointed, the men demand their freedom in their newfound tongue: a??All we want is make us free.a?? The book culminates in a??Witness,a?? a libretto chanted by Cinque, the rebel leader, who yearns for his family and freedom while eloquently evoking the Amistadsa?? conversion and life in...

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