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

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi PART ONE. REMEMBERINGTHE PAST Chapter One. The Amistad Story in the American Context 3 Chapter Two. Slave Revolts and the Production of Identity 24 Chapter Three. The Amistad Returnees and the Mende Mission 53 PART TWO. REINVENTING THE PRESENT Chapter Four. Sculpting History: African American Burdens of Memory 71 Chapter Five. National Identity: The Dramatic Return of Memory in Sierra Leone 98 Chapter Six. Hollywood Images, African Memories: Spielberg's Amistad and Sierra Leone Culture and Politics 119 Afterword 136 Notes 139 Works Cited 161 Index 175 This page intentionally left blank ...