Book ; Online: Slavery's Exiles
The Story of the American Maroons
2014
Abstract: Over more than two centuries men, women, and children escaped from slavery to make the Southern wilderness their home. They hid in the mountains of Virginia and the low swamps of South Carolina; they stayed in the neighborhood or paddled their way to ... ...
| Abstract | Over more than two centuries men, women, and children escaped from slavery to make the Southern wilderness their home. They hid in the mountains of Virginia and the low swamps of South Carolina; they stayed in the neighborhood or paddled their way to secluded places; they buried themselves underground or built comfortable settlements. Known as maroons, they lived on their own or set up communities in swamps or other areas where they were not likely to be discovered. Although well-known, feared, celebrated or demonized at the time, the maroons whose stories are the subject of this book have b |
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| Language | English |
| Size | Online-Ressource (418 p) |
| Publisher | NYU Press |
| Publishing place | New York |
| Document type | Book ; Online |
| Note | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN | 9780814724378 ; 081472437X |
| Database | Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover |
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