Flight to freedom African runaways and maroons in the Americas - Thompson, Alvin O. (University of West Indies Press, 2006)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-370) and index
Ideological bases of marronage -- Totalitarianism and slavery -- Forms of marronage -- Origins and development of marronage -- The imperative of freedom -- Establishment of Maroon communities -- Military expeditions and judicial terror -- Maroon organization -- Physical organization of Maroon communities -- Maroon government -- Maroon economy -- Accommodation or revolution? -- Negotiations and treaties -- Maroons and revolutionary struggle
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