Almost Home: Maroons Between Slavery and Freedom in Jamaica, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone

by Ruma Chopra

The unique story of a small community of escaped slaves who revolted against the British government yet still managed to maneuver and survive against all odds

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300220464
• ISBN13: 9780300220469
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.4"