Discovering Amistad
A Virtual Lunchtime Freedom Series
NOON EST ON ZOOM (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
The Amistad Saga: A Transatlantic Dialogue
3/8/22 at noon (Session 1)
Professor Benjamin N. Lawrance will reflect on the US & Atlantic Dimensions of the Amistad case
4/12/22 at noon (Session 2)
Professor Jorge Felipe-Gonzalez will reflect on the Cuba and Latin American Dimensions of the Amistad case
5/10/22 at noon (Session 3)
Professor Gibril Cole will reflect on the Sierra Leonean Dimensions of the Amistad case
Come join us and participate in an invigorating dialogue covering the collaborative essay examining the Amistad’s legacy from multiple points of the Atlantic world--vestiges of the triangular trade bequeathed by the Columbian Exchange. New archival and oral research in West Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean is rebalancing the narrative and revising the historical drama. This series will offer a new framework for teaching and understanding the history of the Amistad saga and its memory and forgetting through an Atlantic lens must combine historical and contemporary perspectives from the United States, Europe, Cuba, and Sierra Leone.
Please read the article and come prepared for an informative dialogue.
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Benjamin N. Lawrance is a Professor of History at the University of Arizona.
Jorge Felipe-Gonzalez is a Professor of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Gibril Cole is Professor of History at Louisiana State University
FOR REGISTRATIONS/QUESTIONS: pmann-agnew@discoveringamistad.org
For emailed registration include: Name and Organization ( Link will be forwarded before the event)
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