In the forests of freedom : the fighting Maroons of Dominica /
In this detailed, brilliantly researched book, historian Lennox Honychurch tells the enthralling and previously untold story of how the Maroons of Dominica challenged the colonial powers in a heroic struggle to create a free and self-sufficient society. The Maroons, runaways who escaped slavery, for...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2019]
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| Series: | Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
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| Summary: | In this detailed, brilliantly researched book, historian Lennox Honychurch tells the enthralling and previously untold story of how the Maroons of Dominica challenged the colonial powers in a heroic struggle to create a free and self-sufficient society. The Maroons, runaways who escaped slavery, formed their own community on the Caribbean island. Much has been written about the Maroons of Jamaica, little about the Maroons of Dominica. This book redresses this gap. Honychurch takes the reader deep into the forested hinterland of Dominica to explore the political, social and economic impact of the Maroons and details their struggles and victories. |
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| Item Description: | "First UPM Printing 2019 ." "Publishing history: An earlier version of this book, titled 'Negre Mawon: The Fighting Maroons of Dominica', was published privately by the author in 2014. Another edition of this book was published by Papillote Press in 2017." |
| Physical Description: | viii, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781496821768 1496821769 9781496823250 1496823257 |