During the Many Decades of slavery in North America, people of African descent sought to protect their human rights, escape from bondage, and combat exploitation. Their actions varied across different settings and times and included accommodation, collaboration, autonomy, and mi…
Terrance Weik presents readers with case studies accumulated from the material record left by Maroons in the Americas, Black Seminoles, and the Underground Railroad. He specifically highlights the way archaeologists' contributions have added to our understanding of struggles for…
Provides a comprehensive overview of 10 major slave revolts and examines how those uprisings and conspiracies impacted slaveholding colonies and states from 1663 to 1861, when the Civil War ended slavery. Provides a comprehensive overview of 10 major slave revolts and examines h…