Flight to freedom : African runaways and maroons in the Americas /
African runaways and maroons in the Americas
Alvin O. Thompson.
- 1 online resource (394 pages) : illustrations, maps
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.
Maroons--History.--Caribbean Area Fugitive slaves--History.--Caribbean Area