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"For more than four centuries, the communities of maroons (men and women who escaped from slavery) dotted the fringes of plantation America, from Brazil through the Caribbean to the United States. Today their descendants still form semi-independent enclaves-in Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia, Belize, Suriname, Guyane, and elsewhere-remaining proud of their maroon origins and, in some cases, faithful to unique cultural traditions forged during the earliest days of Afro-American history. In 1986, expelled by the military regime of Suriname, the Prices turned to neighboring Guyane (French Guiana), where thousands of Maroons were taking refuge from the Suriname civil war. Over the next fifteen years, their conversations with local people convinced them of the need to replace the pervasive stereotypes about Maroons in Guyane with accurate information. In 2003, Les Marrons became a local best-seller. In 2020, after many further visits, the Prices wrote a new edition taking into account the many rapid changes. Maroons in Guyane reviews the history of the four Maroon peoples in Guyane, explains how these groups differ from one another, and analyzes their current situations in the bustling, multicultural world of this far-flung outpost of the French Republic. A gallery of the magnificent arts of the Maroons completes the volume"--

Maroons --- History. --- Social conditions.

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Maroons --- Congresses --- History --- Social life and customs --- History. --- Congresses.

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The unique story of a small community of escaped slaves who revolted against the British government yet still managed to maneuver and survive against all odds After being exiled from their native Jamaica in 1795, the Trelawney Town Maroons endured in Nova Scotia and then in Sierra Leone. In this gripping narrative, Ruma Chopra demonstrates how the unlikely survival of this community of escaped slaves reveals the contradictions of slavery and the complexities of the British antislavery era. While some Europeans sought to enlist the Maroons' help in securing the institution of slavery and others viewed them as junior partners in the global fight to abolish it, the Maroons deftly negotiated their position to avoid subjugation and take advantage of their limited opportunities. Drawing on a vast array of primary source material, Chopra traces their journey and eventual transformation into refugees, empire builders-and sometimes even slave catchers and slave owners. Chopra's compelling tale, encompassing three distinct regions of the British Atlantic, will be read by scholars across a range of fields.

Maroons --- History. --- Nova Scotia --- Jamaica. --- Nova Scotia. --- Sierra Leone. --- Jamaika --- Sierra Leone --- Sierra leone.

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A study of the Prospect Bluff Maroon settlement on the Apalachicola River, examining how the former slaves were radicalized by anti-slavery advocate Edward Nicolls and arguably developed a self-consciously defined version of freedom to claim the full rights due to British subjects.

Maroons --- Black Seminoles --- Seminole Indians --- Slavery --- African Americans --- History. --- African influences. --- Relations with Indians. --- Nicolls, Edward.

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Trials --- Maroons --- Fugitive slaves --- Runaway slaves --- Slavery --- Slaves --- Cimarrones --- Blacks --- State trials --- Court proceedings --- Procedure (Law) --- History. --- Dominica --- Commonwealth of Dominica --- French Dominica --- Waiʻtu kubuli --- West Indies (Federation) --- Leeward Islands (Federation) --- Windward Islands (Jurisdiction) --- Cimarrónes --- Enslaved persons