In the Forests of Freedom: The Fighting Maroons of Dominica

In this detailed, brilliantly researched book, historian Lennox Honychurch tells the enthralling and previously untold story of how the Maroons of Dominica challenged the colonial powers in a heroic struggle to create a free and self-sufficient society.The Maroons, runaways who escaped slavery, formed their own community on the Caribbean island. Much has been written about the Maroons of Jamaica, little about the Maroons of Dominica. This book redresses this gap.Honychurch takes the reader deep into the forested hinterland of Dominica to explore the political, social, and economic impact of the Maroons and details their struggles and victories.In the Forests of Freedom: The Fighting Maroons of Dominica is written by Lennox Honychurch and published by University Press of Mississippi. ISBNs for In the Forests of Freedom are 9781496823779, 149682377X and the print ISBNs are 9781496823250, 1496823257. Additional ISBNs include 9781496821768.