Flight to freedom : African runaways and maroons in the Americas / Alvin O. Thompson.

By: Thompson, Alvin O [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2006Description: 1 online resource (394 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceOther title: African runaways and maroons in the AmericasSubject(s): Maroons -- Caribbean Area -- History | Fugitive slaves -- Caribbean Area -- History | Caribbean Area -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Flight to freedom : African runaways and maroons in the Americas.DDC classification: 306.3620729 LOC classification: F2191.B55 | T56 2006Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Pt. 1. Ideological bases of marronage -- ch. 1. Totalitarianism and slavery -- ch. 2. Forms of marronage -- Pt. 2. Origins and development of marronage -- ch. 3. The imperative of freedom -- ch. 4. Establishment of Maroon communities -- ch. 5. Military expeditions and judicial terror -- Pt. 3. Maroon organization -- ch. 6. Physical organization of Maroon communities -- ch. 7. Maroon government -- ch. 8. Maroon economy -- Pt. 4. Accommodation or revolution? -- ch. 9. Negotiations and treaties -- ch. 10. Maroons and revolutionary struggle.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Ideological bases of marronage -- ch. 1. Totalitarianism and slavery -- ch. 2. Forms of marronage -- Pt. 2. Origins and development of marronage -- ch. 3. The imperative of freedom -- ch. 4. Establishment of Maroon communities -- ch. 5. Military expeditions and judicial terror -- Pt. 3. Maroon organization -- ch. 6. Physical organization of Maroon communities -- ch. 7. Maroon government -- ch. 8. Maroon economy -- Pt. 4. Accommodation or revolution? -- ch. 9. Negotiations and treaties -- ch. 10. Maroons and revolutionary struggle.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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