What they say
This book will long stand as the definitive account of these Maroons whom the British considered, after those in Jamaica, the major menace to their plantation system. Dominica’s Maroons have finally found their chronicler.”
– Richard Price, author of Maroon Societies
The brave people who held out in Dominica’s mountain wilderness for generations against the military forces of two colonial empires have had their story well told at last. Their spirits can now be at rest.”
– Adam Hochschild, Bury the Chains
As well as a valuable history of Afro-Atlantic slave custom and revolt, In the Forests of Freedom celebrates the beauty of rural Dominica… In Honychurch’s estimation, the ‘spirit of the Maroons’ continues today. Ian Thomson, The Spectator
– Read the full review
With meticulous attention to detail, Lennox Honychurch’s new book tells the fascinating stories of these communities and offers accounts of both heroism and tragedy.
– New Books Network
Honychurch’s entrancing island narrative illumines wider issues of race and power, rule and resistance, slavery and freedom.
– David Lowenthal, History Today.
This book will long stand as the definitive account of these Maroons whom the British considered, after those in Jamaica, the major menace to their plantation system. Dominica’s Maroons have finally found their chronicler.”
– Richard Price, author of Maroon Societies
The brave people who held out in Dominica’s mountain wilderness for generations against the military forces of two colonial empires have had their story well told at last. Their spirits can now be at rest.”
– Adam Hochschild, Bury the Chains
As well as a valuable history of Afro-Atlantic slave custom and revolt, In the Forests of Freedom celebrates the beauty of rural Dominica… In Honychurch’s estimation, the ‘spirit of the Maroons’ continues today…”
– Read the full review in The Spectator Magazine.
– New Books Network
Honychurch’s entrancing island narrative illumines wider issues of race and power, rule and resistance, slavery and freedom.
– David Lowenthal, History Today.
Read Q & A with Lennox Honychurch in the New York Review of Books about the devastation and aftermath of Hurricane Maria here.
Lennox Honychurch
Lennox Honychurch is a Dominican historian and anthropologist. He has published numerous academic papers and books on the history of Dominica and the Caribbean region. He was awarded his PhD from the University of Oxford on the material culture of the Kalinago people of Dominica. He is an expert on all aspects of Dominica’s history and culture, and his book The Dominica Story was the first history of the island.
About the Author
Dr Lennox Honychurch
Dr Lennox Honychurch is a Dominican historian and anthropologist. He has published numerous academic papers and books on the history of Dominica and the Caribbean region. He was awarded his PhD from the University of Oxford on the material culture of the Kalinago people of Dominica. He is an expert on all aspects of Dominica’s history and culture, and his book The Dominica Story was the first history of the island.
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