The Amistad revolt memory, slavery, and the politics of identity in the United States and Sierra Leone

CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE. REMEMBERING THE PAST
1. The Amistad Story in the American Context
2. Slave Revolts and the Production of Identity
3. The Amistad Returnees and the Mende Mission
PART TWO. REINVENTING THE PRESENT
4. Sculpting History: African American Burdens of Memory
5. National Identity: The Dramatic Return of Memory in Sierra Leone
6. Hollywood Images, African Memories: Spielberg's Amistad and Sierra Leone Culture and Politics
Afterword
Notes
Works Cited
Index