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Part 2
Origins and Development
of Marronage
The large number of cumbes that were in existence [in
Venezuela] at any one time indicates an untiring rebelliousness,
expressed not in the form of organized wars but rather
in the founding of communities that became centers of liberation
for the most ill-treated slaves.
– Miguel Acosta Saignes, “Life in a Venezuelan Cumbe”