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Written by AAI Staff
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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Atlantic Histories
The Amistad Revolt was an important episode in several simultaneous and interlocked histories:
In the history of
West Africa .... in 1839 a cluster of peoples and policies coping with the dislocations of the Atlantic slave trade
In the history of
Cuba .... in 1839 a Spanish colony, one of the world's largest producers of sugar, and the last major slave society in the
West Indies
In the history of the
United States .... in 1839 a growing nation, on the threshold of becoming a world power, but also becoming a divided nation, half-slave, half-free
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 June 2007 )
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