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Index 377 fishing and gathering, 249; mining and metalworking, 251–53 food: preparation of, 254–55; security of supply, 244 fraternal relations between, 200–201 freedom in, 52, 216, 326 government of, 218–23 humane principles in, 218 hygiene in, 184, 339n10 inequities in, 211–12 influences on, external and internal, 102 labour specialization in, 250 land value in, improvement of, 241 locating, 6 material culture of, 240 multi-ethnicity of, 13–14, 79–88, 175–76; 338n1 number of, 110 peaceful vs. aggressive, 16, 201–3 physical organisation of, 176–87 population estimates of, 128–29 religion in, 230–38; Christianity, 232–38 sexual composition of, 69–71 similarity between, 7 slavery in, 223–29 social structure of, 11, 13, 175–76; 204–206, 211–18 weapons in, 209–10, 259, 260, 261 Whites in, 80–81, 333n15 women, named after, 77–78 See also names of larger communities. See also under individual colonies Maroon descendants, 5 Ndjuka (Suriname), 11; political system, 221–22; religion, role of, 229 skills, range of, among, 256 Maroon expeditions, 144–54 Black and Coloured “auxiliaries”, 148 citizen militias, 145, 147–48 desertion by Black Maroon-hunters, 149–50 futility of, 146 hardships encountered by, 178, 180, 182–83, 185–87 leaders of, 156–60 provision grounds, destruction by, 241, 251 regular army, 145–46 reprisals against, by Maroons, 154 revenge as motive for, 203 scouts in, 150 Maroon government, 211–38 African features of, 222–23 consultative principle, 218–20 despotisms, 212–16 inequities, 211–12 separation of powers, 221 slave society, comparison with, 216 Maroon leaders conflict between, over treaties, 305–6 contempt of, for Whites, 285 despotism of, 212–15, 222–23 female, 76–77 male, 6 powers of, 218–21 summary execution by, 223 treaties, negotiation of: betrayal of followers, 304–6, 312; runaways, return of, 307–15 See also individual names Maroon place names, surviving, 5 Maroons artisans among, 256 betrayal of, by comrades, 269, 285–89 bravery of, 203–4, 217 cooperation with Spanish by, in Florida, 122 first recorded, in the Americas, 112 free Blacks, relations with, 38, 267–72 Indian, 96, 124, 126, 127 Indians, hostile relations with, 245 life expectancy of, 46 material culture of, 256–57 negotiations with enslavers, 278–89 pejorative descriptions of, 28–29
378 Index Maroons (cont’d) population estimates of, 128–29 post-treaty, assessing, 307–15 price of capture, 161–72 psychology of, 153; revenge as motive for attacks by, 203 response to punishment, 169–71 revolutionary consciousness among, 315–22 role of, in society, 324–25, 329 security, importance of, 183–84, 244 self-definition, 110 and slaves: symbiosis between, 14–16, 139–40, 269 trade with other groups, 257–62 water, importance of, 184–85 See also runaways Maroon studies, 1–2 Maroon wars, 115–16, 309 marronage costs of, 297–98, 325–26 dialectics of, 2 enslavers’ view of, 47–48 etymology of, 54, 112, 331n11 ideology of, 51 increase in: following abolition, 278; following independence, 318–19 individual and collective, 58–67 maritime, 103–4, 107–8, 333n16 power of, 94 seriousness of, 53–58, 164 significance of, 324 urban, 103–8 women in, role of, 72–78 See also Maroons; runaways Mason, John, 107 metallurgy, 251–53 Mexico African/Indian alliances in, 98–99 armed runaways in, 54 assaults by Maroons in, 133–35 celebration of Maroon heritage in, 3 independence movement, Maroon involvement in, 318 Maroon settlements in, 115 population estimates in, Blacks and Maroons, 128 topographical features of, 181 migration of souls African belief in, 93 military strategies, Maroon, 197–206 mining, 251–52, 344n17 miscegenation Black Caribs (Garifuna), 83–84, 272 Blacks and Indians, 123; prohibitions against, 69 Seminole Maroons, 124, 126 Miskito Maroons (Nicaragua), 110; trade networks, 261 Modyford, Sir Thomas (governor of Jamaica): Articles of War against Maroons, 118 Montejo, Esteban, 59–61, 65 Montesquieu, Baron (Charles) de: De l’Esprit des lois (The Spirit of Laws), condemnation of slavery, 42 Nanny of the Maroons. See Grandy Nanny Ndjuka settlement. See under Suriname Negro Fort, 124; destruction of, by US forces, 125 Ocampo, Diego de, 128, 304 oppression: nature of, 266 Palmares settlement (Brazil), 2, 3–4, 100, 142, 181, 283 abduction of White women by, 71–72 artisans in, 209, 256 defence system in , 187–88 destruction of, 130, 314 economy of, 240, 245–46 ethnicity in, 78, 257 expeditions against, 156, 157–58, 187, 330n3, 339n11
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Flight to Freedom
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Flight to Freedom African Runaways
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To my wife, Hilda, with all my love
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Contents List of Illustrations / ix
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Illustrations Zabeth / frontispiece
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Acknowledgements My research for th
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Introduction Slavery is the most pe
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Introduction 3 nialism. François D
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Introduction 5 The Cockpit Country
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Introduction 7 study also looks at
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Introduction 9 Naturally, there wer
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Introduction 11 Maroons from their
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Introduction 13 what they perceive
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Introduction 15 ous other kinds of
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Introduction 17 violently against t
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Part 1 Ideological Bases of Marrona
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Chapter 1 Totalitarianism and Slave
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Totalitarianism and Slavery 23 Figu
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Totalitarianism and Slavery 25 When
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Totalitarianism and Slavery 27 and
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Totalitarianism and Slavery 29 grav
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Totalitarianism and Slavery 31 ensl
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Totalitarianism and Slavery 33 free
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Totalitarianism and Slavery 35 an o
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Chapter 2 Forms of Marronage Petit
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Forms of Marronage 55 bondage. Flig
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Forms of Marronage 57 Esteban Deive
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Forms of Marronage 59 context of de
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Forms of Marronage 61 the birds and
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Forms of Marronage 63 Douglass, lik
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Forms of Marronage 65 per cent of t
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Forms of Marronage 67 their settlem
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Forms of Marronage 69 that pregnanc
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Forms of Marronage 71 tury, and the
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Forms of Marronage 73 found that mo
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Forms of Marronage 75 such a persis
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Forms of Marronage 77 Brathwaite 19
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Forms of Marronage 79 The weight of
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Forms of Marronage 81 In 1549 a sma
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Forms of Marronage 83 Of the non-Af
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Forms of Marronage 85 refer to the
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Forms of Marronage 87 of deserters,
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Part 2 Origins and Development of M
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Chapter 3 The Imperative of Freedom
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The Imperative of Freedom 93 ing th
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The Imperative of Freedom 95 Stedma
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The Imperative of Freedom 97 role a
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The Imperative of Freedom 99 Some o
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The Imperative of Freedom 107 ferri
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Chapter 4 Establishment of Maroon C
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Figure 7. Jamaica: The Maroon phase
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Chapter 8 Maroon Economy Interdepen
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Maroon Economy 245 displayed all th
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Maroon Economy 251 sion. Neverthele
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Page 362 and 363: Bibliography Acosta Saignes, Miguel
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