Maroon Societies

Description

Now in its third edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Carribean, 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. For this edition, Richard Price has written a new preface reflecting recent changes in both maroon scholarship and in the lives of contemporary maroons throughout the Americas.

First Sentence

The first slave rebellions were contemporaneous with the beginning of the slave trade and the introduction of slavery into the Americas.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the AmericasPaperbackThe Johns Hopkins University Press1996-09-03
• Maroon SocietiesPaperbackThe Johns Hopkins University Press1979-10-01
• Maroon societiesThe Johns Hopkins University Press1996-01-01
• Maroon SocietiesTextbook BindingPeter Smith Pub2000-01-01