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Maroon Communities in the Americas
slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0060 Resistance to slavery https://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0006 Resistance is the story of slavery itself. From the first moment of attack and capture in their homeland, Africans sought to escape from bondage. On the trek to the Atlantic coast, while bound together by ropes and other equipment, individuals tried to escape their captors. In the trading forts, castles, or barracoons along the African coast, men and women attempted to escape and fight back. Aboard anchored slave ships, before departure to the Americas, they tried to mutiny or flee. Meet the legendary community that fought for its freedom in Jamaica www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/legendary-community-that-fought-for-its-freedom-in-Jamaica History of the Maroons https://cyber.harvard.edu/eon/marroon/history.html |