The Maroons of Prospect Bluff and their quest for freedom in the Atlantic World

• Tác giả: Nathaniel Millett
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9780813044545 (alk. paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 975.991 *+Southeastern United States (South Atlantic states)
• Thông tin xuất bản: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
• Mô tả vật lý: xiii, 345 p. : , illustrations, maps ; , 24 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 349201
• Chủ đề: 1. African Americans--Relations with Indians--Florida; 2. Black Seminoles--History--Florida; 3. Maroons--History--Florida; 4. Seminole Indians--African influences--Florida; 5. Slavery--History--Florida

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-338) and index.

Tóm tắt

A study of the Prospect Bluff Maroon settlement on the Apalachicola River, examining how the former slaves were radicalized by anti-slavery advocate Edward Nicolls and arguably developed a self-consciously defined version of freedom to claim the full rights due to British subjects.