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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... priest of the Great Deity cult were at the time of our field work one and the same person , it is not hard to see why the priests do their utmost to sup- press witchcraft accusations , which often lead to fighting . The method they ...
... priest of the Great Deity cult were at the time of our field work one and the same person , it is not hard to see why the priests do their utmost to sup- press witchcraft accusations , which often lead to fighting . The method they ...
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... priests of the Great De- ity . The latter repeatedly succeed in their attempts to in- fluence decision - making within the quarter . From suspect to witch . We have yet to discuss the back- ground of witchcraft accusations within the ...
... priests of the Great De- ity . The latter repeatedly succeed in their attempts to in- fluence decision - making within the quarter . From suspect to witch . We have yet to discuss the back- ground of witchcraft accusations within the ...
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... priest's first wife , she naturally turned to the oracle priests for help when she fell ill . She depended on them for medical as- sitance and was entirely at the mercy of the oracle , much more so than other persons who maintain ...
... priest's first wife , she naturally turned to the oracle priests for help when she fell ill . She depended on them for medical as- sitance and was entirely at the mercy of the oracle , much more so than other persons who maintain ...
Table des matières
Maroons and Their Communities | 1 |
THE SPANISH AMERICAS | 33 |
Cuban Palenques | 49 |
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