The Amistad Rebellion
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The Amistad Rebellion
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Author : Marcus Rediker
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2013-10-01
The Amistad Rebellion written by Marcus Rediker and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with History categories.
The dramatic story of a courageous rebellion against slavery On 28 June 1839, the Spanish slave schooner La Amistad set sail from Havana to make a routine delivery of human cargo. After four days at sea, on a moonless night, the captive Africans that comprised that cargo escaped from the hold, killed the captain, and seized control of the ship. They attempted to sail to a safe port, but were captured by the US navy and thrown into a Connecticut jail. Their legal battle for freedom eventually made its way to the Supreme Court, where former president John Quincy Adams took up their cause. In a landmark ruling, they were freed and eventually returned to Africa. The rebellion became one of the best-known events in the history of American slavery, celebrated as a triumph of the US legal system in books and films, most famously Steven Spielberg’s Amistad. These narratives reflect the elite perspective of the judges, politicians, and abolitionists involved. In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the rebellion for its instigators: the African rebels who risked death to stake a claim for freedom. Using newly discovered evidence, Rediker reaches back to Africa to find the rebels’ roots, narrates their cataclysmic transatlantic journey, and unfolds a prison story of great drama and emotive power. Featuring vividly drawn portraits of the Africans, their captors, and their abolitionist allies, The Amistad Rebellion shows how the rebels captured the popular imagination and helped to inspire and build a movement that was part of a grand global struggle for emancipation. The actions of that distant July night and inthe days and months that followed were pivotal events in American and Atlantic history, but not for the reasons we have always thought. The successful Amistad rebellion changed the very nature of the struggle against slavery. As a handful of Africans steered a course to freedom, they opened a way for millions to follow. This stunning book honours their achievement.
Rebellious Histories
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Author : Matthew J. Christensen
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-16
Rebellious Histories written by Matthew J. Christensen and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-16 with Social Science categories.
From the early 1970s to the mid-1990s, playwrights, novelists, filmmakers, visual artists, and prison writers from Sierra Leone and the United States brought a new attention to the events of the 1839 Amistad shipboard slave rebellion. As a testament of the human will to freedom, the story of the Amistad mutineers also describes the wide arc of the international circuits of capital, commerce, juridical power, and diplomacy that structured and reproduced the Atlantic slave trade for nearly four centuries. In Rebellious Histories, Matthew J. Christensen argues that for creative artists struggling to comprehend—and survive—pernicious manifestations of globalization like Sierra Leone's civil war, the Amistad rebellion's narrative of exploitative resource extraction, transatlantic migrations, armed rebellion, and American judicial intervention offers both a historical antecedent and allegory for contemporary global capitalism's reconfiguration of culture and subjectivity. At the same time, he shows how the mutineers' example provides a model for imagining utopian forms of transnationalism. With its wide-ranging comparative approach, Rebellious Histories brings a unique perspective to the study of the cultural histories of both slave resistance and globalization.
The Amistad Revolt
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1840
The Amistad Revolt written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1840 with Antislavery movements categories.
The Amistad Revolt
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Author : Iyunolu Folayan Osagie
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2010-07-01
The Amistad Revolt written by Iyunolu Folayan Osagie and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with History categories.
From journalism and lectures to drama, visual art, and the Spielberg film, this study ranges across the varied cultural reactions--in America and Sierra Leone--engendered by the 1839 Amistad slave ship revolt. Iyunolu Folayan Osagie is a native of Sierra Leone, from where the Amistad's cargo of slaves originated. She digs deeply into the Amistad story to show the historical and contemporary relevance of the incident and its subsequent trials. At the same time, she shows how the incident has contributed to the construction of national and cultural identity both in Africa and the African diasporo in America--though in intriguingly different ways. This pioneering work of comparative African and American cultural criticism shows how creative arts have both confirmed and fostered the significance of the Amistad revolt in contemporary racial discourse and in the collective memories of both countries.
United States V Amistad
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Author : Suzanne Freedman
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Release Date : 2000
United States V Amistad written by Suzanne Freedman and has been published by Enslow Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
-- A library of the most important United States Supreme Court cases.-- Examines the issues leading up to the case, the people involved in the case, and the present-day effects of the Court's decision.
Stolen Man
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Author : Barry Louis Polisar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Stolen Man written by Barry Louis Polisar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A personal face is given to the remarkable true tale of Sengbe Pieh, the African man captured by slavers who led the Amistad slave rebellion at sea. The struggle is explored from the main character's point of view, giving readers insight into Sengbe's heart and soul as the story unfolds. Sengbe's strength shines through in this skillfully told, compassionate look at one man's fight for freedom for all.
The Amistad Mutiny
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Author : Melissa Eisen Azarian
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2010-01-01
The Amistad Mutiny written by Melissa Eisen Azarian and has been published by Enslow Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"Explores the mutiny aboard the Amistad, including the slave revolt onboard, the trial of the slaves in U.S. courts, the appeal to the Supreme Court, and the inspiration for the movie, Amistad"--Provided by publisher.
Staging The Amistad
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Author : Charlie Haffner
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-28
Staging The Amistad written by Charlie Haffner and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-28 with Drama categories.
Staging the Amistad collects in print for the first time plays about the Amistad slave revolt by three of Sierra Leone’s most influential playwrights of the latter decades of the twentieth century: Charlie Haffner, Yulisa Amadu “Pat” Maddy, and Raymond E. D. de’Souza George. Until the late 1980s, when the first of these plays was performed, the 1839 shipboard slave rebellion and the return of its victors to their homes in what is modern-day Sierra Leone had been an unrecognized chapter in the country’s history. The plays recast the tale of heroism, survival, and resistance to tyranny as a distinctly Sierra Leonean story, emphasizing the agency of its African protagonists. For this reason, Haffner, Maddy, and de’Souza George counterbalance the better-known American representations of the rebellion, which center on American characters and American political and cultural concerns. The first public performances of these plays constituted a watershed moment. Written and staged immediately before and after the start of Sierra Leone’s decade-long conflict, they brought the Amistad rebellion to public consciousness. Furthermore, their turn to a uniquely Sierra Leonean history of heroic resistance to tyranny highlights the persistent faith in nation-state nationalism and the dreams of decolonization.
The Amistad Revolt And The Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Author : Richard Worth
language : en
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2015-12-15
The Amistad Revolt And The Transatlantic Slave Trade written by Richard Worth and has been published by Enslow Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Through court documents, supporting details, and narrative language, students will discover how Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinqué, staged a mutiny on a slave ship that not only gave him and his fellow captives freedom, but also spurred a court case that began an international debate over the morality and legality of slavery. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the politics involved in the transatlantic slave trade, as well as a part of history that has shaped our society.
The Amistad Revolt
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Describes the Amistad Revolt, an incident that occurred in 1839 during which a group of Africans led a shipboard rebellion on the Amistad after being illegally enslaved. Explains that the Africans were tried on murder and piracy charges. The information is provided by the Legal Information Institute.