Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas

By Richard Price

Book Overview

Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience.

Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience. From the recipient of the J. I. Staley Prize in Anthropology

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801854962
• ISBN13: 9780801854965
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Amazing collection of primary source material

This is an outstanding collection of primary source documents on maroons societies(groups of escaped slaves) throughout the Americas. Reads almost like a piece of fiction. Its a book that should be read cover to cover, not just used as a reference. Valuable book for anyone interested in resistance to slavery. Includes fine introduction. The societies covered in this book range from small bands to large powerful states that survived for generations.