Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the AmericasRichard Price Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979 - 445 pages "Maroon societies is the first systematic study of the communities form by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience." -- Provided by publisher |
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... Chiefs Visit Africa : Diary of an Historic Trip SILVIA W. DE GROOT Several times , the Tribal [ or Paramount ] Chiefs ( Gran- mans ) of the Bush Negroes had expressed a wish to journey to West Africa , the land of their origin , in ...
... Chiefs Visit Africa : Diary of an Historic Trip SILVIA W. DE GROOT Several times , the Tribal [ or Paramount ] Chiefs ( Gran- mans ) of the Bush Negroes had expressed a wish to journey to West Africa , the land of their origin , in ...
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... chiefs . Thus the respect we pay to our chiefs will be the same respect we pay to them . The central concepts in our chieftaincy is that the chiefs should reflect the very best in our way of life . And therefore it is the responsibility ...
... chiefs . Thus the respect we pay to our chiefs will be the same respect we pay to them . The central concepts in our chieftaincy is that the chiefs should reflect the very best in our way of life . And therefore it is the responsibility ...
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... chiefs from Accra and its surroundings were present , all dressed in splendid and colorful togas . At a quarter to four we left for Larteh ( about an hour's drive ) , the site of one of the most important sanctuaries , the Akonede ...
... chiefs from Accra and its surroundings were present , all dressed in splendid and colorful togas . At a quarter to four we left for Larteh ( about an hour's drive ) , the site of one of the most important sanctuaries , the Akonede ...
Table des matières
Maroons and Their Communities | 1 |
THE SPANISH AMERICAS | 33 |
Cuban Palenques | 49 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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