SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

by Marcus Rediker

Viking. Nov. 2012. 304p. ISBN 9780670025046. $27.95. HIST

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The 1839 Amistad slave rebellion is well known, but George Washington Book Prize-winner Rediker uses newly discovered information to tell the story anew, giving greater depth to the Africans' background and highlighting individuals, whether rebel, captor, or abolitionist.

Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Nov 01, 2012

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