Slavery's Exiles
Book description
The forgotten stories of America maroons-wilderness settlers evading discovery after escaping slavery
Over more than two centuries men, women, and children escaped from slavery to make the Southern wilderness their home. They hid in the mountains of Virginia and the low swamps of South Carolina; they stayed in the neighborhood…
Why read it?
1 author picked Slavery's Exiles as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The history of Maroons, runaway slaves who created their own autonomous communities, is not well known to the general public in the United States or especially to those outside the Caribbean where prominent Maroon communities existed.
Sylviane Diouf shatters that problem and provides a comprehensive history of Maroons who lived in the present-day United States.
Diouf expertly traces how common these groups of runaways were in the U.S. South and tells their wonderful stories that inspire students to explore their history more deeply.
From Justin's list on Black resistance to slavery.
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