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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... militia of the three counties saw service for about twenty - five days in August and September . About twelve of these men were wounded when two companies of militia accidentally fired upon each other . The situation was under control ...
... militia of the three counties saw service for about twenty - five days in August and September . About twelve of these men were wounded when two companies of militia accidentally fired upon each other . The situation was under control ...
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... militia , who immediately ran to their arms , and came up in time to rescue their officers from destruction . The Maroons were repulsed , and forced to take shelter in the woods , but the militia did not think fit to pursue them . Some ...
... militia , who immediately ran to their arms , and came up in time to rescue their officers from destruction . The Maroons were repulsed , and forced to take shelter in the woods , but the militia did not think fit to pursue them . Some ...
Page 285
... militia duties were considered unduly irksome and , apart from periods of crisis , the militia remained a largely defunct body . In a petition to the Duke of Newcastle in 1734 , the Council and Assembly of the island unfairly tried to ...
... militia duties were considered unduly irksome and , apart from periods of crisis , the militia remained a largely defunct body . In a petition to the Duke of Newcastle in 1734 , the Council and Assembly of the island unfairly tried to ...
Table des matières
Maroons and Their Communities | 1 |
THE SPANISH AMERICAS | 33 |
Cuban Palenques | 49 |
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