Maroons in Guyane: Past, Present, Future

by Richard Price, Sally Price, Richard Price

Book Overview

For more than four centuries, communities of maroons (men and women who escaped slavery) dotted the fringes of plantation America, from Brazil through the Caribbean to the United States. Today their descendants still form semi-independent enclaves--in Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia, Belize, Suriname, Guyane, and elsewhere--remaining proud of their maroon origins and, in some cases, faithful to unique cultural traditions forged during the earliest days...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820360864
• ISBN13: 9780820360867
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"