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The Maroons of Prospect Bluff and their quest for freedom in the Atlantic World / Nathaniel Millett.

Title
The Maroons of Prospect Bluff and their quest for freedom in the Atlantic World / Nathaniel Millett.
Author
Millett, Nathaniel
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.

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Description
xiii, 345 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
A study of the Prospect Bluff Maroon settlement on the Apalachicola River, examining how the former slaves were radicalized by anti-slavery advocate Edward Nicolls and arguably developed a self-consciously defined version of freedom to claim the full rights due to British subjects.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books.
Subject
  • Nicolls, Edward
  • Maroons > Franklin County > History
  • Black Seminoles > Franklin County > History
  • Seminole Indians > Franklin County > African influences
  • Slavery > Franklin County > History
  • African Americans > Franklin County > Relations with Indians
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-337) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Edward Nicolls and the problem of war and slavery in the age of revolution -- War comes to the Southeast -- The British occupation of Pensacola -- Edward Nicolls and the Indians of the Southeast -- Edward Nicolls and his black allies -- Land, ecology, and size -- Community and culture -- Daily life -- Political and military organization -- Destruction -- The Seminole War.
ISBN
  • 9780813044545 (alk. paper)
  • 0813044545 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2013007077
OCLC
829446035
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library