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Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
x, 393 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For more than two centuries men, women, and children escaped from slavery and made the Southern wilderness their home. They hid in the mountains of Virginia and the low swamps of South Carolina; they stayed in the neighborhood or paddled their way to secluded places; they buried themselves underground or built comfortable settlements. Known as maroons, they lived on their own or set up communities in swamps or other areas where they were not likely...
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