Almost Home Maroons between Slavery and Freedom in Jamaica Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone 1st Edition by Ruma Chopra 0300220464 9780300220469

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ISBN 10: 0300220464 

ISBN 13: 9780300220469

Author: Ruma Chopra

After being exiled from their native Jamaica in 1795, the Trelawney Town Maroons endured in Nova Scotia and then in Sierra Leone. In this gripping narrative, Ruma Chopra demonstrates how the unlikely survival of this community of escaped slaves reveals the contradictions of slavery and the complexities of the British antislavery era.

While some Europeans sought to enlist the Maroons’ help in securing the institution of slavery and others viewed them as junior partners in the global fight to abolish it, the Maroons deftly negotiated their position to avoid subjugation and take advantage of their limited opportunities. Drawing on a vast array of primary source material, Chopra traces their journey and eventual transformation into refugees, empire builders—and sometimes even slave catchers and slave owners. Chopra’s compelling tale, encompassing three distinct regions of the British Atlantic, will be read by scholars across a range of fields.

Table of contents:

1 War

2 Bloodhounds

3 Deportation

4 Conversion

5 Winter

6 Resistance

7 Crisis

8 Accommodation

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