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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... expedition is perhaps the only surviving detailed account of an armed encounter be- tween Spanish troops and ex - slaves in the colony . It takes the form of a long letter written in 1609 by the Jesuit Juan Laurencio , who accompanied ...
... expedition is perhaps the only surviving detailed account of an armed encounter be- tween Spanish troops and ex - slaves in the colony . It takes the form of a long letter written in 1609 by the Jesuit Juan Laurencio , who accompanied ...
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... expedition against Palmares attained little by way of military victory . Nothing else , however , is heard of Palmares until the mid - 1630s . Do Salvador's history of Brazil , written in 1629 , and recently published official documents ...
... expedition against Palmares attained little by way of military victory . Nothing else , however , is heard of Palmares until the mid - 1630s . Do Salvador's history of Brazil , written in 1629 , and recently published official documents ...
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... expedition : 120 Negroes were taken and their land given to white pioneers . But in 1752 , an expedition led by Père Marcos was attacked and 40 men , including 19 slaves , were killed ; this proved that the danger was still very much ...
... expedition : 120 Negroes were taken and their land given to white pioneers . But in 1752 , an expedition led by Père Marcos was attacked and 40 men , including 19 slaves , were killed ; this proved that the danger was still very much ...
Table des matières
Maroons and Their Communities | 1 |
THE SPANISH AMERICAS | 33 |
Cuban Palenques | 49 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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