Negotiating Freedom in the Circum-Caribbean: The Jamaican Maroons and Creek Nation Compared

ISBN-13: 9780367110833 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 224 str.

Helen M. McKee

Opis

For the first time, Jamaican Maroons are compared with the Creek Nation to question how non-white, semi-autonomous groups were reduced by Anglophone colonists. Analysis includes interactions with settlers, slave-catching and ownership, land conflict and dispute resolution, to show how Maroons can be considered within an indigenous framework.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Relationship Develops: Maroons and Creeks in the Early Post-Treaty Years  2. The Relationship Deteriorates: On the Road to War  3. Runaways and Rebellions: Maroons and Creeks as Hunters and Harbourers  4. African Americans in Maroon and Creek Country  5. Desirable Lands?: Land Disputes on the Maroon and Creek Borders  6. Contact Across the Borders: Maroon and Creek Interaction with White Settlers.  Epilogue

O autorze

Helen M. McKee completed her PhD at Newcastle University. She is the author of "From Violence to Alliance: Maroons and White Settlers in Jamaica, 1739-1795," published in Slavery & Abolition.