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The Amistad revolt : memory, slavery, and the politics of identity in the United States and Sierra Leone
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- Creator
- Iyunolu Folayan Osagie
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Athens, Ga. ; London : University of Georgia Press, [2000]
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 180 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0820327255, 9786612726026, 1282726021, 0820322245, 9780820322247
- OCLC
- ocm43118278, ocn656841483
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-174) and index.
- Ch. 1. The Amistad Story in the American Context -- Ch. 2. Slave Revolts and the Production of Identity -- Ch. 3. The Amistad Returnees and the Mende Mission -- Ch. 4. Sculpting History: African American Burdens of Memory -- Ch. 5. National Identity: The Dramatic Return of Memory in Sierra Leone -- Ch. 6. Hollywood Images, African Memories: Spielberg's Amistad and Sierra Leone Culture and Politics
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.