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Description edit
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.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Saint Domingue: Add a description of this character.
- Sengbe Pieh
- Owen Dodson
- John Quincy Adams
- Raymond
- Spielberg
- Haffner
- Prosser
- John Thorpe
- Hamilton
- Vesey
- Desouza George
- Delano
- Benito Cereno
- Alvarez
- Montes
- Steele
- Margru
- Douglass
- Ruiz
- Covey
- Baldwin
- Turner
- Goffman
- Bai Bureh
- Gedney
- Cinque
- Mani
- Don Benito
- Holabird
- Lewis Tappan
- Momoh
- Trouillot
- Tamar Wilson
- Chase-riboud
- Gilpin
- Blango
Setting & Locations edit
- Amistad Africans
- Sierra Leoneans
- Louisville
- United States
- Americas
- Kaw Mende
- Freetown
- New Haven
- Hollywood
- Europe
- Cuba
- Connecticut
- France
- Spain
- New World
- New England
- New York
- Atlantic
- Middle Passage
- Havana
- Haiti
- Washington
- Amistad Kata Kata
- Tecora
- Richmond
- Dombokoro
- Charleston
First Sentence edit
By the nineteenth century, when the Amistad tragedy unfolded, the traumatic realities of pillage, death, and enslavement were lived experiences in most of Africa.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Iyunolu Folayan Osagie (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 326.0973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Antebellum
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War › Abolition
- Books › History › Americas › United States › African Americans › History
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Colonial Period
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › African-American Studies
- Books › History › World › 19th Century
- Books › History › World › Slavery & Emancipation
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Demography
- Books › History › Africa › Sierra Leone
- Books › History › Historical Study › Social History
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