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Out of the House of Bondage

Runaways, Resistance and Marronage in Africa and the New World

Edited by Gad Heuman

Published May 29th 1986 by Routledge – 199 pages

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Slave rebellions have been studied in considerable detail, but this volume examines other patterns of slave resistance, concentrating on runaway slaves and the communities some of them formed. These essays show us who the runaways were, suggest when and where they went, and who harboured them.

Name: Out of the House of Bondage: Runaways, Resistance and Marronage in Africa and the New World (Hardback)Routledge 
Description: Edited by Gad Heuman. Slave rebellions have been studied in considerable detail, but this volume examines other patterns of slave resistance, concentrating on runaway slaves and the communities some of them formed. These essays show us who the runaways were, suggest when and...
Categories: History, Imperial & Colonial History