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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Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas Richard Price. CHAPTER TWENTY Witchcraft Among the Tapanahoni Djuka W. VAN WETERING [ Editor's note : The following account of Djuka witchcraft is adopted , with the author's permission , from a ...
Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas Richard Price. CHAPTER TWENTY Witchcraft Among the Tapanahoni Djuka W. VAN WETERING [ Editor's note : The following account of Djuka witchcraft is adopted , with the author's permission , from a ...
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... witchcraft beliefs and accusations play an important role in Djuka society.1 It is commonly assumed by sociologists and anthropolo- gists that witchcraft accusations reflect tensions between the accuser and the accused or , more ...
... witchcraft beliefs and accusations play an important role in Djuka society.1 It is commonly assumed by sociologists and anthropolo- gists that witchcraft accusations reflect tensions between the accuser and the accused or , more ...
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... witchcraft did not occur in the lineage . This arrogance roused the anger of the other members of the grave diggers ' committee , including those from other villages . During the second test the bier stopped in front of a house formerly ...
... witchcraft did not occur in the lineage . This arrogance roused the anger of the other members of the grave diggers ' committee , including those from other villages . During the second test the bier stopped in front of a house formerly ...
Table des matières
Maroons and Their Communities | 1 |
THE SPANISH AMERICAS | 33 |
Cuban Palenques | 49 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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