The archaeology of antislavery resistance / Terrance M. Weik ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weik, Terrance M.

Series:

The American experience in archaeological perspective The archaeology of antislavery resistance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Antiquities.

African Americans.

Antislavery movements--United States--History.

Antislavery movements.

Archaeology and history--United States.

Archaeology and history.

Ethnoarchaeology--United States.

Ethnoarchaeology.

Fugitive slaves--United States--History.

Fugitive slaves.

Slave rebellions--United States--History.

Slave rebellions.

Enslaved persons--United States--Antiquities.

Enslaved persons.

Underground Railroad.

Physical Description:

xiv, 193 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Terrance Weik presents readers with case studies accumulated from the material record left by Maroons in the Americas, Black Seminoles, and the Underground Railroad. He specifically highlights the way archaeologists' contributions have added to our understanding of struggles for freedom from slavery that were pursued by people of the African Diaspora in the Americas and their allies.

Contents:

Introduction

Historical highlights of antislavery resistance

Resistance, freedom, networks, and ethnogenesis in theory and practice

Archaeologies of self-liberated African communities

Antislavery collaborations and the Underground Railroad

Coalitions, community-building, and conflict in Seminole Territory

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4035-3

OCLC:

764691628