Black Rebels : African-Caribbean Freedom Fighters in Jamaica by Werner Zips, Shelley Frisch and Franklin Knight (2006, Trade Paperback)

Wiener Publishers, Incorporated, Markus

1558762132

9781558762138

378581

320 Pages

Black Rebels : African-Caribbean Freedom Fighters in Jamaica

English

Caribbean & Latin American

2006

Textbook

Werner Zips, Shelley Frisch, Franklin Knight

Literary Criticism

Trade Paperback

18.4 Oz

9 in

6 in

Scholarly & Professional

00-270150

21

Yes

972.94

An exploration of African-American freedom fighters in Jamaica, presenting a history of resistance instead of a history of domination. The context of marronage is carefully established: the plantation system as an economic and ideological machine fuelled by the abuse of black working power., This book chronicles the struggles of African-Americans who escaped from slavery and developed autonomous, "maroon" societies beyond the fringes of the colonial system, demonstrating the vulnerability of colonial rule and the vitality of black resistance in the Caribbean.

F1921.H13 1999b