03/05
2012
Lecture
Rethinking the Amistad Rebellion
12:00 pm - 12:00 pm
St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library
Biddeford Campus
Markus Rediker, Ph.D.
Free and open to the public
Abstract: This talk explores the famous and dramatic rebellion by 53 Africans aboard a Cuban slave ship in 1839 - one of the very few such successful revolts in the history of the slave trade and one that had profound consequences in the United States around the Atlantic.
Brief Bio: Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is author of several prize-winning books, including (with Peter Linebaugh) The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic (Beacon Press, 2000) and, most recently, The Slave Ship: A Human History (Viking-Penguin, 2007).
Address
St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library
United States
