Graduation Year
2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Degree Granting Department
Anthropology
Major Professor
Thomas Pluckhahn, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Antoinette Jackson, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Diane Wallman, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Terrance Weik, Ph.D.
Keywords
refusal, anti-slavery, American colonialism
Abstract
Grand marronage describes the process whereby Africans sought to liberate themselves from enslavement through means of escape to establish permanent communities and create a truly free society. The Southeastern region of the modern United States was once a geopolitical arena where European and Euro-American empires sought to spread their power and influence over both the Indigenous and African inhabitants. Following the American Revolution was the War of 1812, fought between the former colonial master and the recently formed United States. Commonly referred to as the Second War of American Independence, and infamously known for the burning of the White House. During the war, along the Gulf Coast of Florida, the British constructed a military installation along the Apalachicola River. From here they would recruit local Indigenous warriors and African Maroons to fight alongside them. At the end of the war, these African Maroons would be given possession of the fort, where they would defend their freedom from American imperial expansion.
Scholar Commons Citation
Williams II, Colby J., "Imperial Crosshairs: Grand Marronage at Negro Fort Along the Apalachicola River" (2025). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/11022
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