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Maroons: In the African American Public History

This library guide will focus on the Maroons during the Atlantic slave trade. This will focus on both the Americas & Caribbean maroons and some legends around them.

Resources for Further Study

 

  • Museums and Exhibits: Institutions that feature Maroon history and artifacts.
  • Documentaries and Films: Visual media exploring Maroon narratives.

Maroon Museum

The Maroon Museum (free admission) located at Asafu Yard has artifacts and crafts of Maroon heritage. There’s an adjoining commercial kitchen producing Jamaican cassava cakes, a gluten-free staple starch dating to the Taino and known locally as bammy.

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G.R. Little Library

Elizabeth City State University