Kenneth M. Bilby True-born maroons

"Constructed from the oral histories of one of the most secretive groups in the Caribbean, the Maroons of Jamaica, this book provides a unique view of a culture that has been nurtured to survive against tremendous odds for nearly 350 years. The descendants of African slaves who escaped from the Spanish and British plantations in Jamaica during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the Maroons battled for and maintained their autonomy during 70 years of guerrilla warfare with the British...

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Engels | 514 pagina's | University Press of Florida, Gainesville | 2005

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