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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781590403321

Autore

Weik Terrance M

Titolo

The archaeology of antislavery resistance [[electronic resource] /] / Terrance M. Weik ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012

ISBN

0-8130-4035-3

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 193 p. : ill

Collana

The American experience in archaeological perspective The archaeology of antislavery resistance

Disciplina

326/.80973

Soggetti

African Americans - Antiquities

Antislavery movements - United States - History

Archaeology and history - United States

Ethnoarchaeology - United States

Fugitive slaves - United States - History

Slave rebellions - United States - History

Enslaved persons - United States - Antiquities

Underground Railroad

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Historical highlights of antislavery resistance -- Resistance, freedom, networks, and ethnogenesis in theory and practice -- Archaeologies of self-liberated African communities -- Antislavery collaborations and the Underground Railroad -- Coalitions, community-building, and conflict in Seminole Territory -- Conclusion.