The mother of us all : a history of Queen Nanny, leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons / Karla Lewis Gottlieb.

By:

Gottlieb, Karla Lewis

Series: Title | TitlePublication details: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, 2000.Description: xix, 119 pages : map ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0865435642
9780865435643
0865435650
9780865435650

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Additional physical formats: Mother of us all.; Mother of us all.DDC classification:

B Ja Nan
B Ja Nan

LOC classification:

F1884.N36 G6 2000

Other classification:

NW 8295

Contents:

1. Historical Background 1 -- 2. Queen Nanny as Historical Persona 23 -- 3. Queen Nanny as General 43 -- 4. Queen Nanny as Obeah Woman 55 -- 5. Folkloric Aspects of Queen Nanny 67 -- 6. Queen Nanny's Significance 79 -- A Land Patent to Nanny 95 -- B Windward Maroon Treaty 99 -- C Explanation of Windward Maroon Treaty 102 -- D Repeal of Maroon Treaties, The 1842 Law 107 -- E "Nanny -- A Poem for Voices" / Marguerite Curtin 113.

Summary: ""The Mother of Us All" is an analysis of the history of Queen Nanny, the great 18th century leader of the Windward or Eastern Jamaican Maroons. The importance of this great leader's struggle against British colonial empire and its institution of slavery on the island of Jamaica has previously been largely ignored. To correct this gap, oral histories, including myths, legends, songs, ceremonies and local language are analyzed, as well as written texts including legal documents, journals of the era, historical land grants and peace treaties, poems, novels, critical texts, historical texts and children's books."--BOOK JACKET.

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JM 2002 #2

Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-94).

""The Mother of Us All" is an analysis of the history of Queen Nanny, the great 18th century leader of the Windward or Eastern Jamaican Maroons. The importance of this great leader's struggle against British colonial empire and its institution of slavery on the island of Jamaica has previously been largely ignored. To correct this gap, oral histories, including myths, legends, songs, ceremonies and local language are analyzed, as well as written texts including legal documents, journals of the era, historical land grants and peace treaties, poems, novels, critical texts, historical texts and children's books."--BOOK JACKET.

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