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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Alvin O., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maroons--Caribbean Area--History.

Maroons.

Fugitive slaves--Caribbean Area--History.

Fugitive slaves.

Caribbean Area--History.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

African runaways and maroons in the Americas

Place of Publication:

Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

African slavery in the Americas has left indelible marks on thegeographical, political, economic, social and cultural landscapes of theAmericas. An important part of that indelibility is marronage thatinvolved both flight from slavery and the establishment of freecommunities. This book is about the struggles of enslaved Africans inthe Americas who achieved freedom through flight and theestablishment of Maroon communities in the face of overwhelmingmilitary odds on the part of the slaveholders. Incontestably, Marooncommunities constituted the first independent polities from Europeancolonial rule in the hemisphere, even if the colonial states did notaccord them legal recognition.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4356-3088-2

OCLC:

212624698