Bibliograph

A desolate place for a defiant people, the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp, Daniel O. Sayers

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A desolate place for a defiant people, the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp, Daniel O. Sayers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-247) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A desolate place for a defiant people

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

944051145

Responsibility statement

Daniel O. Sayers

Sub title

the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp

Summary

In the first thorough archaeological examination of this unique region, Daniel Sayers exposes and unravels the complex social and economic systems developed by these defiant communities that thrived on the periphery. He develops an analytical framework based on the complex interplay between alienation, diasporic exile, uneven geographical development, and modes of production to argue that colonialism and slavery inevitably created sustained critiques of American capitalism.

Table Of Contents

The Great Dismal Swamp landscape, then and now -- Alienation: a foundational concept -- The architecture of alienation in modern history -- The documented Great Dismal Swamp, 1585-1860 -- Scission communities, canal company laborer communities, and interpretations of their archaeological -- Presence in the Great Dismal Swamp -- Two hundred and fifty years of community praxis in the Great Dismal Swamp: some concluding thoughts

Target audience

adult

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