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Almost Home : Maroons Between Slavery and Freedom in Jamaica, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone by Ruma Chopra is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Almost Home : Maroons Between Slavery and Freedom in Jamaica, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone about?
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 and the complexities of the British antislavery era. While
Who reads Almost Home : Maroons Between Slavery and Freedom in Jamaica, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ruma Chopra
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300220469
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, American Studies
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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