Flight to freedom : African runaways and maroons in the Americas /

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Author / Creator:Thompson, Alvin O.
Imprint:Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2006.
Description:xi, 381 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6653818
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Varying Form of Title:African runaways and maroons in the Americas
ISBN:9789766401801 (pbk.)
9766401802 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-370) and index.
Summary:This book is about the struggles of enslaved Africans in the Americas who achieved freedom through flight and the establishment of Maroon communities in the face of overwhelming military odds on the part of the slaveholders.
Other form:Online version: Thompson, Alvin O. Flight to freedom. Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2006