Format:
1 online resource (211 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780813040356
Series Statement:
American Experience in Archaeological Perspective
Content:
Terrance Weik presents readers with case studies accumulated from the material record left by Maroons in the Americas, Black Seminoles, and the Underground Railroad. He specifically highlights the way archaeologists' contributions have added to our understanding of struggles for freedom from slavery that were pursued by people of the African Diaspora in the Americas and their allies.
Content:
Cvr -- Table of Contents v -- List of Illustrations vii -- Foreword ix -- Acknowledgments xiii -- 1 Introduction 1 -- 2 Historical Highlights of Antislavery Resistance 9 -- 3 Resistance, Freedom, Networks, and Ethnogenesis in Theory and Practice 26 -- 4 Archaeologies of Self-Liberated African Communities 55 -- 5 Antislavery Collaborations and the Underground Railroad 80 -- 6 Coalitions, Community-Building, and Conflict in Seminole Territory 118 -- 7 Conclusion 153 -- References 159 -- Index 181.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813037592
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813037592
Language:
English
Keywords:
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