Maroon societies : rebel slave communities in the Americas /
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| Edition: | Anchor Books edition. |
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| Imprint: | Garden City, New York : Anchor Books, 1973. ©1973 |
| Description: | 1 online resource illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12242394 |
| Summary: | Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780307820471 0307820475 9780385065085 0385065086 |
