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Title African maroons in sixteenth-century Panama : a history in documents / edited by Robert C. Schwaller
Published Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 285 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Contents Part I. Early Maroons through the First Bayano War (1530s-1550s) -- Part II. Maroon Resurgence (1560s-1570s) -- Part III. The Second Bayano War: Maroons and the English (1572-1578) -- Part IV. The Second Bayano War: Tenuous Negotiations (1579-1582) -- Part V. Spanish-Maroon Peace and its Aftermath (1581-1620s)
Summary "Historical exploration of African resistance to slavery in the sixteenth century in Spanish Panama through a selection of primary sources documenting Spanish-maroon conflict, from which the maroons succeeded in negotiating peace with Spanish authorities and established the first two free-black towns in the Americas"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost platform, viewed June 30, 2022)
Subject Maroons -- Panama -- History -- 16th century -- Sources
Black people -- Panama -- History -- 16th century -- Sources
Slavery -- Panama -- History -- 16th century -- Sources
Slave rebellions -- Panama -- History -- 16th century -- Sources
Black people
Maroons
Slave rebellions
Slavery
SUBJECT Panama -- History -- To 1903 -- Sources
Subject Panama
Genre/Form History
Sources
Form Electronic book
Author Schwaller, Robert C., 1981- editor.
ISBN 9780806176765
0806176768
Other Titles African maroons in 16th century Panama