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The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom
The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom
The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom
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The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

Written by Marcus Rediker

Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez

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Noted historian Marcus Rediker has earned numerous awards for his work, including the sought-after George Washington Book Prize. In The Amistad Rebellion, he turns his attention to the famed slave ship that set sail from Havana in 1839. Painstakingly researched, Rediker's account follows the slaves' point of view, from the joyous moments after they seized the ship through the harrowing court case that would become a touchstone in the struggle for civil rights.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 21, 2012
ISBN9781470327699
The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom
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Marcus Rediker

Marcus Rediker (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Research Fellow at the Collège d’études mondiales in Paris. He is the author of numerous prize-winning books, including The Many-Headed Hydra (with Peter Linebaugh), The Slave Ship, and The Amistad Rebellion. He produced the award-winning documentary film Ghosts of Amistad (Tony Buba, director), about the popular memory of the Amistad rebellion of 1839 in contemporary Sierra Leone.

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