Resistance Before Freedom – Maroons, Revolts, and Hidden Wars

Episode 455 December 31, 2025 00:19:50
Resistance Before Freedom – Maroons, Revolts, and Hidden Wars
History of the Caribbeans | Exploring Resilience and Culture
Resistance Before Freedom – Maroons, Revolts, and Hidden Wars

Dec 31 2025 | 00:19:50

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Show Notes

This episode examines the hidden wars that came before emancipation in the Caribbean. Long before abolition laws or imperial reforms, enslaved Africans resisted through escape, strategy, and sustained warfare. Across Jamaica, Suriname, and Haiti, Maroons and rebel communities built independent societies, fought colonial forces, and forced empires into retreat, negotiation, or collapse. This is the story of freedom taken under fire, not granted by decree.

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