The Maroons of Jamaica: A History of Resistance, Collaboration and Betrayal

by Mavis C. Campbell

Book Overview

A careful and thorough study of the Jamaican Maroons from the British conquest to the late 18th century. Choice

This richly textured study of the struggles of the Maroons of Jamaica against the British colonial authorities, their subsequent collaboration with and betrayal by them, will be of great interest to historians of Africa. . . . Elegantly written . . . the author . . . makes her own contribution to current debates on resistance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897891481
• ISBN13: 9780897891486
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"