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Page A3 DEC. 30, 1997 (Tljc fJortlauò 4%$m<tcr More On Sengbeh Pleh “Joseph Cinque”, Who Led The Amistad Revolt) B\ I’ roh M< K ini i v Bi k i I am quiic sure that tor months and even years to come there w ill he fascinating details and nuances to surlace in respect to this important account ot a significant episode in a suppressed African .American his tory. Accordingly. I have appended here a very comprehensive bibliography, including an 'Internet' reference. I here are beautiful personal accounts ol a simple African farmer in the B ritish Colons ol Sierra I cone ( IK AK >. A hard-vv h i king man with a w ile and three children none ot them hadever seen u whileman Sev eral bad crops resulted in a loan default to the d u e l ol his village w ho sold him into slavery A tale toooften told And at the otherend o f this saga are the poignant, sometimes bitter story o f "C inque s" return to his A frican village in M enili only to find all fam ily gone forever There Health Effects Of Lead Exposure Lead is a useful metal found th ro u g h o u t o u r e n v iro n m e n t. H ousehold dust. so il, pigm ents, solder, am m un ition , plum bing, cable coverings, caulkings, bear ings. "non-W estern" home m edi cine remedies, cosm etics, gaso line and paint may contain lead. Ov er the last three decades fed eral and state governm ents in the U nited States have banned or d ra stica lly reduced the a llo w able use o f lead in paint, gaso line . and plu m b ing fixtu re s and com ponents, etc. Lead can be poisonous and haz ardous to the health o f anyone who swallows or breathes it. Effects of exposure are cumulative and lead ean build up m the body It ean damage the brain, kidney, nervous system, and red blood cells The effects can range from barely no ticeable to severe The greatest health risk, even w ith short-term exposure is to young c h ild re n and pregnant women Research has shown that even at low levels, lead m ight be harm ful to the p hysical and mental developm ent o f young children. A pregnant woman can pass lead from her blood to her unborn baby is so much o f a lu ll (loo fu ll) and marv elous life here, that there is no way that the drama, power and meaning could he captured in a single movie, article or book The last 35 years o f Ins life on the A frican continent as farmer and translator for C hristian m issionar ies is a story in its e lf E njoy! Sources and Documentation. Dr Russell Adams. Chairman ol the African American History De partment at Howard University rec ommends. "History o f the Amistad Revolt" and "Black M utiny" Currently see. , M u tin y On The Amistad", a detailed article in the December is sue ol the Smithsonian Magazine "Sengbeh Pieh". Steve Courtney. _ AFR O A m erie @ :B lack Re sistance - Slavery in the U S http //in te ra c t co uran tco m /sp e - c ia l/b h i s to ry/cin q uez.htm Specific m the literature. Mutiny on the Amistad: the Saga ot a Slave Revolt and Ils Impact on American A b olition I aw. and Di plomacy, by Howard Jones Oxford University Press, 1987 Black Odyssey : The case o f the slave ship Amistad, by Mary Cable. Penguin Books. 1971 Slave M utiny The case o f the slave ship Amistad, by Mary Cable Penguin Books. 1971 Slave M untiy: The Revolt on the Schooner Amistad, by W illiam A Owens The John Day Company. 1953 A rg u m e n t o f John Q u in c y Adams before the Supreme C ourt o f the U n ite d States, in the case o l th e U S a p p e lla n ts , vs. C inque, and other A fric a n s , ca p tured in the schooner A m ista d . New Y o rk . 1841 A H is to ry ol the A m is ta d C aptives by John W arner B arber 1840. A ll leans Taken in the A m istad (U S 26th Cong 1st Sess. I I Exec Doc I 85) New Y o rk, 1840 Resolve To Recycle More - Start With Holiday Trash The h o lid a y season is a tune fo r sharing and g iv in g - and a season that generates c o n s id e r able m a te ria l that may go to w aste. Many remnants o f the h o li day season can be recycled or reused instead o f going in to the garbage. M e tro o ile rs the fo l lo w in g tips to keep from trashing the season: Reuse and recycle as much as possible. Save boxes, ribbons, bows and w ra pp ing paper that can be used again. Save C hrist mas Cards and make them into g ift lags fo r next year. Recycle cardboard boxes at the curb or yo u r re c y c lin g center. Cards an w ra pp ing paper can be recycled w ith scrap paper. Do not include fo il or plastic-coated w rapping paper or any other fo r eign m aterial that w ould c o n ta m i nate the paper re c y c lin g process Holiday cooking generates glass bottles and jars and steel cans. 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