Bibliograph

In the forests of freedom, the fighting Maroons of Dominica, Lennox Honychurch

Type

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In the forests of freedom, the fighting Maroons of Dominica, Lennox Honychurch

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the forests of freedom

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Lennox Honychurch

Sub title

the fighting Maroons of Dominica

Summary

The Maroons (escaped slaves) of Jamaica are famous. Not so the Maroons of another Caribbean island - Dominica, also a former British colony. Dominica's Maroons once controlled much of this wild and mountainous island but few details of their story of resistance and ultimate defeat have been known - until now. Written by Dominica's leading historian, In the Forests of Freedom is a stirring account of how a displaced and enslaved people challenged the British empire in their struggle to create a free and self-sufficient society. From the Africans who took refuge on the island in the 16th century, through the two brutal Maroon Wars in the last decades of slavery, to the building of a post-emancipation nation, In the Forests of Freedom takes the reader deep into the hinterland of the Dominica story

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Neg mawon : the fighting Maroons of Dominica

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