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Have Confidence in the Sea: Maritime Maroons and Fugitive Geographies

Dunnavant, Justin P.·2021·Antipode
DOI 10.1111/anti.12695
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Since the birth of the Transatlantic slave trade, enslaved Africans have exploited their geographic circumstances to obtain liberation, effectively transforming them into maroons. However, geographies of marronage have disproportionately investigated terrestrial landscapes to understand how self-liberated Africans made life in the Atlantic world. Turning our attention to the sea, I use geospatial analyses to map ocean currents and explore routes of passage for maritime maroons from the island of St. Croix (Ay Ay). Mapping this oceanic cartography of Black fugitivity provides renewed insight into the ways in which maroons used oceanic literacy to actualise their quest for freedom and their experiences in their new homes.

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Authors
Dunnavant, J. P.
Affiliations
Vanderbilt University (US)
Corresponding author
Dunnavant, Justin P.
ORCID
Dunnavant, Justin P.
Venue
Antipode
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2020-12-14
Volume
53
Issue
3
Pages
884-905
ISSN
  • 0066-4812 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8330
DOI
10.1111/anti.12695
OpenAlex
W3111317653
Cited by
76
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 1
FWCI
74.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
Antipode (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › History of Colonial Brazil
Keywords
marronage, ocean currents, transatlantic slave trade, enslaved Africans, St. Croix

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