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In Spanish, Amistad means friendship. It used to be also the name of a slave ship. In 1838, the Amistad took hundreds of kidnapped Africans on a long journey around the Atlantic, however the brave captives would no longer surrender their freedom, taking over the ship so they may sail back to their place of origin. Patricia C. McKissack, Caldecott and Newbery Honor Winner in addition to a 3-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, recounts a fantastic chapter in American history for beginning readers.