The Amistad Revolt: Memory, Slavery, and the Politics of Identity in the United States and Sierra Leone

by Iyunolu Folayan Osagie

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This study evaluates the relationship between popular art forms, the Amistad Revolt of 1839 and cultural movements, asserting that the Amistad case created a major shift in northern US attitudes toward slavery and played a key role in the construction of national identity in Sierra Leone.
  • ISBN13 9780820327259
  • Publish Date 1 July 2010 (first published 21 August 2000)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Georgia Press
  • Format eBook
  • Language English