True-Born Maroons (New World Diasporas)
By Kenneth Bilby.
Description
"An impressive ethnography of identity and cultural memory among the little-known Windward Maroons of eastern Jamaice, descended from escaped slaves who established free communities in the mountains of this New World colony a century before the abolition of slaveryThis book is an essential and rewarding read for all those interested in resistance to slavery in the Americas and its legacy today."Jean Besson, Reader in Anthropology, University of London"A fine and long-overdue introduction to Jamaican Maroons, based on oral narratives collected in the field. . . . Learning that...
ISBN(s)
9780813032788
