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374 Index
Dominica (cont’d)
conflict between French and British
in, 281–82
desertion by families in, 68
livelihoods of Maroons in, 239
population estimate, Maroons in, 128
Dominican Republic
assaults by Maroons in: effects on
economy, 113–14
celebration of Maroon heritage in, 3
conflict with Haiti, 275–76
first recorded African Maroons in, 112
Haitian fugitives accepted by, 274–75
Maroon settlements in, 111; San Lorenzo
de los Negros de Mina, 274–75
population estimates in, of Blacks and
Maroons, 127–28
topographical features of, 181
Tortuga: outlaw settlement, 113
war against Maroons in, 97–98
Douglass, Frederick, 26, 41, 58
on Christianity, 343n24
on freedom, reaction to, 328
life story of, 61–63, 331n6
pursuit of literacy by, 62
Drake, Francis, 184–85
Enriquillo, 97, 98, 304
enslaved persons
blamed for Maroon activities, 171
Christianity among, role of, 235,
343n24
collaboration of, with enslavers, 265–72
diets of, 343n3
leadership capacities of, 211
life expectancy of, 45–46
relations with Maroons, 14–16, 139–40;
betrayal of, 266–69; collaboration
with, 224–25, 269
enslavers
Black, 223–29, 268
collaboration of, with enslaved persons,
265–72
dehumanizing effect of slavery on,
101
first, in the Americas, 111
loss of control by, 143
negotiations by, to contain Maroons,
265–94
negotiations with Maroons, 278–89;
opposition to, 309
peace, desire for, 296–97
powers of, over slaves, 21–28
psychopathic behaviour by, 27
revenge against Maroons, passion for,
297
Esmeraldas settlement (Ecuador), 2, 213
Estévez, Francisco, 153, 158, 239, 253
ethnicity, 78–88
characteristics of ethnic groups,
alleged, 87–88
conflicts, intra-African, 79–80, 84–86
expeditions, Maroon-hunting. See
Maroon expeditions
Fabulé, Françisque, 176
Fairbanks, Calvin, 106
Fairfield, John, 106
Fanon, Frantz
counter-violence, in Wretched of the
Earth, The, 31
nature of oppression, 268
fear of Maroons, 127, 131–37, 140–43
firearms. See weaponry
Florida, Spanish, 120–25; cession of, to
United States, 125
Fort Mose, 122
free Blacks
blamed for Maroon activities, 171
relations with Maroons, 38, 267–72
options available to, 35–37
pejorative descriptions of, 35
restrictions on, 33–34
social unrest among, 37–38
Underground Railroad, involvement
in, 106