Freedom as Marronage

by Neil Roberts

Book Overview

What is the opposite of freedom? In Freedom as Marronage, Neil Roberts answers this question with definitive force: slavery, and from there he unveils powerful new insights on the human condition as it has been understood between these poles. Crucial to his investigation is the concept of marronage-a form of slave escape that was an important aspect of Caribbean and Latin American slave systems. Examining this overlooked phenomenon-one of action...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022620104X
• ISBN13: 9780226201047
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"