Rebellious Histories: The Amistad Slave Revolt and the Cultures of Late Twentieth-Century Black Transnationalism 1438439717, 9781438439716

The Amistad: The Slave Revolt and Legal Case that Changed the World

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts written about the revolt on the ship *Includes excerpts from the lega

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Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America's Coastal Slave Trade 1108476244, 9781108476249

In late October 1841, the Creole left Richmond with 137 slaves bound for New Orleans. It arrived five weeks later minus

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Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America's Coastal Slave Trade 1108476244, 9781108476249

In late October 1841, the Creole left Richmond with 137 slaves bound for New Orleans. It arrived five weeks later minus

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The Santo Domingo Slave Revolt of 1521 and the Slave Laws of 1522: Black Slavery and Black Resistance in the Early Colonial Americas (Sources for a Quincentennial)

From the foreword: "1) Makes available the first ever English translation of the pioneering 1522 ordinances on Bla

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Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War 9780674242081

Tacky’s revolt, in modern-day Jamaica, was the largest slave uprising in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic. A stri

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The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism 9780822372134

Bianca C. Williams traces the experiences of African American women who travel to Jamaica and form affective relationshi

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The Nile: Histories, Cultures, Myths 9781588269911

Intercultural relations have revolved around the River Nile throughout recorded history: sharing the river's waters

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The 1811 German Coast Uprising: The History and Legacy of America’s Largest Slave Revolt 4292917359

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The Uses of Literature in Modern Japan: Histories and Cultures of the Book 9781350024915, 9781350024922, 9781350024892

The Uses of Literature in Modern Japan explores the varying uses of literature in Japan from the late Meiji period to th

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Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt 9780520396333

A radical reinterpretation of "Attica," the revolutionary 1970s uprising that galvanized abolitionist movement

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