The Maroons of Jamaica: A History of Resistance, Collaboration and Betrayal
by Mavis C. Campbell
Publication Date: Jul 30, 1988
List Price: $134.99
Format: Hardcover, 317 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780897891486
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Parent Company: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hardcover Description:
“A careful and thorough study of the Jamaican Maroons from the British conquest to the late 18th century.”
This richly textured study of the struggles of the Maroons of Jamaica against the British colonial authorities, their subsequent collaboration with and betrayal by them, will be of great interest to historians of Africa… . Elegantly written … the author … makes her own contribution to current debates on resistance and collaboration. —Michael Crowder, Institute of Commonwealth Studies