Flight to freedom : African runaways and maroons in the Americas /

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This book is about the struggles of enslaved Africans in the Americas who achieved freedom through flight and the establishment of Maroon communities in the face of overwhelming military odds on the part of the slaveholders.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Alvin O.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kingston, Jamaica : University of West Indies Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Geschichte.
Maroons > Caribbean Area > History.
Fugitive slaves > Caribbean Area > History.
Esclaves fugitifs > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
HISTORY > General.
Fugitive slaves
Maroons
Caribbean Area > History.
Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
Caribbean Area
Karibik
Maron.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ideological bases of marronage
  • Totalitarianism and slavery
  • Forms of marronage
  • Origins and development of marronage
  • The imperative of freedom
  • Establishment of Maroon communities
  • Military expeditions and judicial terror
  • Maroon organization
  • Physical organization of Maroon communities
  • Maroon government
  • Maroon economy
  • Accommodation or revolution?
  • Negotiations and treaties
  • Maroons and revolutionary struggle.

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