Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience. From the recipient of the J. I. Staley Prize in Anthropology
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A splendid anthology, skillfully edited and introduced... an excellent book.
(Eugene D. Genovese )Price breaks new ground in the study of slave resistance in his 'hemispheric' view of Maroon societies.
(Journal of Ethnic Studies )This book should be widely used in courses dealing with AfroAmerican problems. It can be added to the growing literature on slave revolts as a corrective to the commonly accepted view of slave submissiveness and apathy.
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Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience.
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This review is from: Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas (Paperback)
This is an outstanding collection of primary source documents on maroons societies(groups of escaped slaves) throughout the Americas. Reads almost like a piece of fiction. Its a book that should be read cover to cover, not just used as a reference. Valuable book for anyone interested in resistance to slavery. Includes fine introduction. The societies covered in this book range from small bands to large powerful states that survived for generations.
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The first slave rebellions were contemporaneous with the beginning of the slave trade and the introduction of slavery into the Americas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hereafter abbr, baggage negroes, maroon studies, petit marronage, maroon groups, maroon heritage, matrilineal kinsmen, maroon societies, maroon population, maroon activity, maroon communities, runaway communities, maroon cultures, lineage sister, mortuary feast, bush captains, maroon leaders, belly people, runaway negroes, village quarter, slave resistance, lineage members, maroon community, slave control, witchcraft accusations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Langa Uku, New York, Bush Negroes, Great Deity, North Carolina, South Carolina, Captain Cudjoe, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Paramount Chief, Santiago de Cuba, Nanny Town, United States, Archives Nationales, San Basilio, West Africa, Spanish Americas, New World, Section Colonies, The Liberator, Thoden van Velzen, University of California Press, Alaroon Societies, Juana Francisca, Minas Gerais New!
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The first slave rebellions were contemporaneous with the beginning of the slave trade and the introduction of slavery into the Americas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hereafter abbr, baggage negroes, maroon studies, petit marronage, maroon groups, maroon heritage, matrilineal kinsmen, maroon societies, maroon population, maroon activity, maroon communities, runaway communities, maroon cultures, lineage sister, mortuary feast, bush captains, maroon leaders, belly people, runaway negroes, village quarter, slave resistance, lineage members, maroon community, slave control, witchcraft accusations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Langa Uku, New York, Bush Negroes, Great Deity, North Carolina, South Carolina, Captain Cudjoe, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Paramount Chief, Santiago de Cuba, Nanny Town, United States, Archives Nationales, San Basilio, West Africa, Spanish Americas, New World, Section Colonies, The Liberator, Thoden van Velzen, University of California Press, Alaroon Societies, Juana Francisca, Minas Gerais New!
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- The Caste War of Yucatan: Revised Edition by Nelson Reed in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The West Indies (Postcards From...) by Helen Arnold in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- South Carolina (Gousha Fastmap) by Don Wood in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- The Black Seminole Legacy and North American Politics: 1693-1845 by Bruce Edward Twyman on 5 pages
- Freedom on the Border: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas by Kevin Mulroy on 5 pages
- Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Space, Transforming Culture by Maureen Warner-Lewis on 4 pages
- Out of the House of Bondage: Runaways, Resistance and Marronage in Africa and the New World by Gad Heuman on 4 pages
- Freedoms Given, Freedoms Won: Afro-Brazilians in Post-Abolition SÏ€o Paolo and Salvador by Kim D. Butler in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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