Les Révoltés de l'Amistad · Une odyssée atlantique (1839-1842)

**A unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in American history, now updated with a new epilogue—from the award-winning author of *The Slave Ship***

In this powerful and highly original account, Marcus Rediker reclaims the *Amistad* rebellion for its true proponents: the enslaved Africans who risked death to stake a claim for freedom. Using newly discovered evidence and featuring vividly drawn portraits of the rebels, their captors, and their abolitionist allies, Rediker reframes the story to show how a small group of courageous men fought and won an epic battle against Spanish and American slaveholders and their governments. The successful *Amistad* rebellion changed the very nature of the struggle against slavery. As a handful of self-emancipated Africans steered their own course for freedom, they opened a way for millions to follow.

This edition includes a new epilogue about the author's trip to Sierra Leona to  search for Lomboko, the slave-trading factory where the *Amistad* Africans were incarcerated*,* and other relics and connections to the *Amistad* rebellion, especially living local memory of the uprising and the people who made it.