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Author

Thompson, Alvin O., author.

Title Flight to freedom : African runaways and maroons in the Americas / Alvin O. Thompson.

Publication Info.

Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2006.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (394 pages) : illustrations, maps
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Pt. 1. Ideological bases of marronage -- ch. 1. Totalitarianism and slavery -- ch. 2. Forms of marronage -- Pt. 2. Origins and development of marronage -- ch. 3. The imperative of freedom -- ch. 4. Establishment of Maroon communities -- ch. 5. Military expeditions and judicial terror -- Pt. 3. Maroon organization -- ch. 6. Physical organization of Maroon communities -- ch. 7. Maroon government -- ch. 8. Maroon economy -- Pt. 4. Accommodation or revolution? -- ch. 9. Negotiations and treaties -- ch. 10. Maroons and revolutionary struggle.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Maroons -- Caribbean Area -- History.
	Fugitive slaves -- Caribbean Area -- History.
	Caribbean Area -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	African runaways and maroons in the Americas
Other Form:	Print version: Thompson, Alvin O. Flight to freedom : African runaways and maroons in the Americas. Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2006 xi, 381 pages ; 23 cm 9789766401801 (OCoLC)ocm69863287
ISBN	9789766401801 (pbk.)
	9766401802 (pbk.)