Runaway Slave Settlements in Cuba
Resistance and Repression
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 29. September 2003
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-8078-2803-8 (ISBN)
Description
Combining archaeological and historical methods, this is an account of the runaway slaves settlements (""palenques"") that formed in the inaccessible mountain chains of eastern Cuba from 1737 to 1850. The author demonstrates how romanticized the communities have become in historical memory.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8078-2803-8 (9780807828038)
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07/2004
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