The Amistad revolt : memory, slavery, and the politics of identity in the United States and Sierra Leone /

The Amistad revolt : memory, slavery, and the politics of identity in the United States and Sierra Leone / Iyunolu Folayan Osagie.

"The story of the 1839 revolt on the Amistad slave ship gained new prominence with Steven Spielberg's 1997 film, which helped make the American public more aware of how the history of slavery has defined racism in the United States. As Iyunolu Folayan Osagie shows, the perspective for some...

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Main Author: Osagie, Iyunolu Folayan, 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2000]
Subjects:
Amistad (Schooner)
Slave rebellions > United States.
African Americans > Race identity.
Group identity > Political aspects > United States.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
Memory > Social aspects > Sierra Leone.
Freed persons > Sierra Leone > History > 19th century > Case studies.
Group identity > Political aspects > Sierra Leone.
Simmons University. > Library. > Gifts. Bowers

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Call Number: E447 .O73 2000
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