This study discusses the varied cultural reactions in the United States and Sierra Leone created by the slave ship revolt in 1839. The author, Iyunolu Osagie, ... in the United States. The book has to main themes, "Remembering the Past" and "Reinventing the Present." In the introduction the author guides us through her history of Sierra Leone and how she never really heard the story of the Amistad revolt, as she would have liked too. Since the incident ... 's novel "Middle Passage" and Melvin Tolson's poem that has the same name. In "Remembering the Past," Iyunolu Osagie studies the Amistad ...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate