What they say
– Adam Hochschild
– Professor Gad Heuman, editor of ‘Slavery & Abolition’
An important contribution to the study of marronage and slave resistance in the Caribbean, revealing that the movement was strong in rugged Dominica as it was in the more widely known case of Jamaica.”
– Lennox Honychurch, author of In the Forests of Freedom: the Fighting Maroons of Dominica
Pattullo’s book provides a powerful insight into the lives of the Maroons in Dominica by reporting their words, actions and way of life….[She[ offers a unique experience by allowing the voices of the enslaved people and those who stood against colonial oppression by running away and creating free communities in the mountains to be heard. This remarkable work paves the way for further research about the Maroons in the Caribbean whether they come from the French, English or Spanish speaking worlds, the impact they may have had on the creation of Blackness throughout the African diaspora and the ties the maroons may have maintained between neighboring islands.
– Freddy Marcin, Revue Lisa, e-journal
– Adam Hochschild
– Professor Gad Heuman, editor of ‘Slavery & Abolition’
An important contribution to the study of marronage and slave resistance in the Caribbean, revealing that the movement was strong in rugged Dominica as it was in the more widely known case of Jamaica.”
– Lennox Honychurch, author of ‘In the Forests of Freedom: the Fighting Maroons of Dominica’
– Freddy Macin, Revue Lisa, e-journal
about the author
Polly Pattullo
Polly Pattullo
Publisher Polly Pattullo has written widely about the Caribbean, and her books include “Last Resorts: the Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean”, a critical assessment of the economic, environmental and cultural impacts of tourism development in the region, and “Fire from the Mountain”, about the volcano crisis in Montserrat. As a journalist, she worked for two newspapers: the Observer and later the Guardian newspaper in London.