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Maroons Sought Freedom on Ocean Currents
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
20 Apr 2021
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Margaret Kimberley · Maroons Sought Freedom on Ocean Currents

Justin Dunnavant, a post- doctoral scholar who has researched maroon cultures in the Caribbean, Central America and African, said “there is a Black history that occurs on the ocean – its’ not just land-based.” Dunnavant authored a recent article titled, “Have Confidence in the Sea: Maritime Maroons and Fugitive Geographies.” Escaped enslaved people found opportunities on the high seas, as well as in the mountains and swamps.

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