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Slavery's Exiles: The Story of the American Maroons
bookshelves: net-galley, e-book, published-2014, history, lifestyles-deathstyles, north-americas, nonfiction, slaves
Recommended for: Susanna
Read from November 14 to 18, 2013
NetGalley: NYU Press
From the description: Although well-known, feared, celebrated or demonized at the time, the maroons whose stories are the subject of this book have been forgotten, overlooked by academic research that has focused on the Caribbean and Latin America. Who the American maroons were, what led them to choose this way of life over alternatives, what forms of marronage they created, what their individual and collective lives were like, how they organized themselves to survive, and how their particular story fits into the larger narrative of slave resistance are questions that this book seeks to answer.
Dedication: To Sény and Maya
Opening: Maroons made their entry early in the annals of Southern history. They appeared in all colonies where slavery was introduced and the struggle against them has been particularly well chronicled.
maroon: A term used for runaway African slaves in the West Indies now known as the Caribbean. At one time the teams at Missisippi State University were called the Maroons. Now they are now known as the Bulldogs.(wiki source)
Well researched history including newspaper adverts about runaway slaves with relevant court papers and information on laws passed. Diouf's book is destined to be a definitive textbook on the subject of the Maroons, however don't let that put you off reading through as there is endless detail that will surprise, and probably haunt, you. This history should make for uncomfortable reading.
From the description: Although well-known, feared, celebrated or demonized at the time, the maroons whose stories are the subject of this book have been forgotten, overlooked by academic research that has focused on the Caribbean and Latin America. Who the American maroons were, what led them to choose this way of life over alternatives, what forms of marronage they created, what their individual and collective lives were like, how they organized themselves to survive, and how their particular story fits into the larger narrative of slave resistance are questions that this book seeks to answer.
Dedication: To Sény and Maya
Opening: Maroons made their entry early in the annals of Southern history. They appeared in all colonies where slavery was introduced and the struggle against them has been particularly well chronicled.
maroon: A term used for runaway African slaves in the West Indies now known as the Caribbean. At one time the teams at Missisippi State University were called the Maroons. Now they are now known as the Bulldogs.(wiki source)
Well researched history including newspaper adverts about runaway slaves with relevant court papers and information on laws passed. Diouf's book is destined to be a definitive textbook on the subject of the Maroons, however don't let that put you off reading through as there is endless detail that will surprise, and probably haunt, you. This history should make for uncomfortable reading.
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