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- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution
- Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I Homelands, Diaspora, and Slave Society
- II Consciousness and Interaction: Cultural Expressions, Networks and Ties, Geographies and Space
- III Collective Action and Revolution
- 7 “We Must Stop the Progress of Marronnage”: Repertoires and Repression
- 8 Voices of Liberty: The Haitian Revolution Begins
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
7 - “We Must Stop the Progress of Marronnage”: Repertoires and Repression
from III - Collective Action and Revolution
- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution
- Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian Revolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I Homelands, Diaspora, and Slave Society
- II Consciousness and Interaction: Cultural Expressions, Networks and Ties, Geographies and Space
- III Collective Action and Revolution
- 7 “We Must Stop the Progress of Marronnage”: Repertoires and Repression
- 8 Voices of Liberty: The Haitian Revolution Begins
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter integrates findings from micro-level patterns of marronnage with macro-level conditions and examines how the rates and nature of marronnage changed according to broader social, economic, political, and environmental factors. I consider the evolution of marronnage and slave rebellion from the early 18th century within the context of exploding sugar and coffee industries, the expansion of the slave trade and rapidly increasing African population, structural cleavages created by war and famine, as well as other environmental factors. I also give particular attention to the presence of the maréchaussée fugitive slave police and the ways in which they did or did not successfully repress the presence and threat of maroons in the colony.
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- Rituals, Runaways, and the Haitian RevolutionCollective Action in the African Diaspora, pp. 243 - 276Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021