| In the Forests of Freedom: The Fighting Maroons of Dominica Contributor(s): Honychurch, Lennox (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496823257 ISBN-13: 9781496823250 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism |
| Dewey: 972.984 |
| LCCN: 2019003983 |
| Series: Caribbean Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this detailed, brilliantly researched book, historian Lennox Honychurch tells the enthralling and previously untold story of how the Maroons of Dominica challenged the colonial powers in a heroic struggle to create a free and self-sufficient society. The Maroons, runaways who escaped slavery, formed their own community on the Caribbean island. Much has been written about the Maroons of Jamaica, little about the Maroons of Dominica. This book redresses this gap. Honychurch takes the reader deep into the forested hinterland of Dominica to explore the political, social, and economic impact of the Maroons and details their struggles and victories. |