Marcus Rediker: The African Origins of the Amistad Rebellion

The 2013 Debra L. Lee Lecture on Slavery and Justice
Marcus Rediker: The African Origins of the Amistad Rebellion
February 25, 2013
This lecture explores the West African cultural logic of the Amistad Rebellion of 1839, in which 53 enslaved Africans organized a successful uprising aboard a slave schooner that was carrying them to a life of bondage in Cuba. African ways of thinking and doing remained central to the rebels' self-organization in American jails and to their eventual legal victory and repatriation to southern Sierra Leone in 1842.
Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is author or editor of seven books, most recently The Slave Ship: A Human History (Viking-Penguin, 2007) and The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom(Viking-Penguin, 2012).

[@lgoodeill22]

Thank you for making this lecture available to the public, free of charge. I grew up in a racist Indiana town, and I have lived in utter ignorance for the better part of my life. These lectures are teaching me so much and please know that I truly do thank those who make history accessible.

[@remyilonahistorianomenanad6632]

Marcus Rediker your work on history of slavery is still climbing. In time, your books will be read by everyone because you gave a voice to the voiceless.

[@fetusbuddha3908]

Good works stand the test of time

[@doudouthiam8362]

"History from below" superb approach/ presentation for a great piece of work!!🙏🏿

[@sashek8451]

This is amazing and important 🙏🙏🙏

[@unclecraig11]

i love marcus rediker!

[@hendersoncnc]

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[@BMor7]

if it wasn't for the kids...